NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA76DTI19
Registry · N60131
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOEING PT-17
Year of manufacture
1942 · 34 years old at event
Engine
JACOBS L4 /R755-7 (245 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560518
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A7CDD1
Registrant of record
HORSTMAN EDWARD B
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
STEARMAN PT-17 · N60131
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
335° / 50 kt
Temp
28° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000075-3200
Total time
1,700 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
292
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
DIMINISHED.ENCOUNTERED TURBC & DOWNDRAFT.NO RADIO
Investigator remarks
FORECAST HDWINDS & TURBC IN PASS.TKOF WHEN WINDS
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/M A WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/K J WEATHER TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR Joint cause
- 82/J/W J WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 0179.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_0179.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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