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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA75FYG02

1974-07-14 DEER PARK, Washington, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

BELLANCA 8KCAB · N33MJ

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

090° / 12 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000006-71

Total time

581 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

600

Age

48

Investigator remarks

LND DWNWIND IN FLD.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
  • 88/C/19 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
  • 64/B/27 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
  • 88/K/AQ K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint factor
  • 83/K/I K
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 3829. Source file NTSB_1974_3_3829.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.