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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA76AS028

1975-11-29 MYRTLE CREEK, Oregon, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9451P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

POWRACHUTE PC 2000

Year of manufacture

2001

Engine

ROTAX 582DCDI (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20070624

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD2244

Registrant of record

WILSON HAROLD A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9451P Piper PA-24 Fatal

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-24 · N9451P

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

250° / 9 kt

Temp

42° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000024-4958

Total time

938 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

577

Age

55

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

23% CO LVL,SOURCE UNDET.PLT HAD PARKINSONS DISEASE

Investigator remarks

RECVY DATE 11/30/75.OUTBD L WG & STAB SEPARATED.

Cause factors

64/C/04 C
PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause
64/C/09 C
PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause
88/C/94 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause
82/C/F C
WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Cause
88/C/74 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Cause
64/L/65 L
PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
88/L/69 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
88/L/49 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT

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 4039. Source file NTSB_1975_3_4039.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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