NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA75AS011
Registry · N3020M
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-44-180
Year of manufacture
1979
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19650122
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A32924
Registrant of record
WIFA (WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT ACADEMY) LLC
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
PIPER PA-12 · N3020M
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
BEAGLE SKY RANCH
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
030° / 8 kt
Temp
82° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000012-1575
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
25
Age
25
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
D.DENSITY ALT ABT 3300 FT.
Investigator remarks
PAX ALSO STUDENT PLT.REAR CTL STICK NOT INSTALLE
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/02 J PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Joint cause
- 82/J/W J WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 3220.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3220.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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