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SEA76DYI20

1976-07-11 · FRENCHELENN, Oregon, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
STEARMAN PT-17 · N9182Z
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
ROARING SPRINGS
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000075-2735

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
952
Age
34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NOSED OVER.

Investigator remarks

LNDD WITH PARKING BRAKE SET.SWERVED R OVER BERM,

Cause factors

  • 64/C/22 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2220. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2220.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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