NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA74FYA30
Registry · N713Z
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCOTTISH AVIATION BULLDOG MDL 120/121
Year of manufacture
1975
Engine
LYCOMING IO-360 SERIES (200 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20110722
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A98971
Registrant of record
HANTEN MICHAEL A
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
DEHAVILLAND DHC-1B · N713Z
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000190
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,858
Age
32
Investigator remarks
PILOT WAS FLYING LOW BY HIS HOME.
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/08 J PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 82/J/K J WEATHER TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR Joint cause
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 1492.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_1492.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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