NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA75DYA22
Registry · N3729M
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-12
Year of manufacture
1947 · 27 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560614
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A43ED8
Registrant of record
ARNOLD RAY E
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 · N3729M
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000012-2669
Total time
2,200 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,067
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RATE OF CLIMB.DENSITY ALT ABT 5700 FT.
Investigator remarks
ACFT STRUCK TREES.TERRAIN RISE GREATER THAN ACFT
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/17 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2807.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_2807.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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