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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA76DYA22

1976-01-25 IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3707A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18A

Year of manufacture

1958 · 18 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19730612

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A43719

Registrant of record

MORRIS CHARLES W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3707A Piper PA-18 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

PIPER PA-18 · N3707A

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

BROWNING FIELD

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

30° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000018-3388

Total time

4,005 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

80

Age

26

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 0173. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0173.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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