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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA76DYA13

1975-09-09 MCCALL, Idaho, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N3476D Cessna 170B None

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

CESSNA 170B · N3476D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

MCCALL MUNI

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

310° / 5 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000027019

Total time

1,280 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

93

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

INE.RWY DRAINAGE.CULVERTS NEAR TAXIWAY

Investigator remarks

LEFT RWY ON SLOPING SHOULDER.HIT SHARP DIRT INCL

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 2790. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2790.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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