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SEA76DTI19

1976-01-23 · MARIAS PASS, Montana, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N60131

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

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

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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