NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA74DYE33
Registry · N2951K
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
LUSCOMBE 8E
Engine
CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560920
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A30A92
Registrant of record
JACOBS JOHN HENRY
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
LUSCOMBE 8E · N2951K
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
D
Airport
BELLEVUE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
34° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000005678
Total time
2,860 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
269
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TANK VENT OBSTRUCTED. LND OFFSHORE IN LAKE.
Investigator remarks
PWR LOSS ON TAKEOFF DUE TO FUEL STARVATION.FUEL
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 74/C/CJ C POWERPLANT VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS Cause
- 88/C/CF C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 88/K/88 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint factor
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 0315.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_0315.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
Transonic Experimental Observations of Abrupt Wing Stall on an F/A-l8E Model
A transonic wind tunnel test of an 8% F/A-18E model was conducted in the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) 16 ft Transonic Tunnel (16-ft TT) to investigate on-surface flow physics during stall.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
Transonic Experimental Observations of Abrupt Wing Stall on an F/A-18E Model (Invited)
A transonic wind tunnel test of an 8% F/A-18E model was conducted in the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) 16 ft Transonic Tunnel (16-ft TT) to investigate on-surface flow physics during stall.
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