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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA74DYG41

1974-05-17 DAYTON, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N49413

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING A75N1(PT17)

Year of manufacture

1943 · 31 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR R670-SERIES (225 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790207

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6218B

Registrant of record

MONBERG ROBERT M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N49413 Stearman E75 None

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

STEARMAN E75 · N49413

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

AG STRIP

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

Z

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

5,600

Age

35

Investigator remarks

GR HIT WASHOUT ON RWY.

Cause factors

64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/A/BK A
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 1899. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1899.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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