NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA76AS072
Registry · N4306P
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
POWRACHUTE LLC AIRWOLF 912ULS
Year of manufacture
2010
Engine
ROTAX 912ULS SERIES (100 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20101208
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A52656
Registrant of record
RICHARDSON PAUL D
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-23 · N4306P
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
MCCARLEY FIELD
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
315° / 5 kt
Temp
60° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000023-1807
Total time
3,391 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
917
Age
41
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
LDS.UNDERSHOT,CRANKED GR DN,STALLED.SFC DA 5700FT.
Investigator remarks
FEATHERED L ENG ABOVE SE SVC CLG.OVERFLEW GOOD F
Cause factors
- 74/C/DB C POWERPLANT LINES,HOSES,FITTING Cause
- 88/C/AJ C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause
- 64/C/27 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 88/K/22 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH Joint factor
- 88/K/15 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING FLAPS Joint factor
- 82/L/W L WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE
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 2727.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_2727.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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