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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA76FTI14

1975-10-02 BOZEMAN, Montana, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N51598

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MAULE M-5-210C

Year of manufacture

1974 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A677B6

Registrant of record

MORGAN CHRISTOPHER D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N51598 Maule M5210C Minor

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

MAULE M5210C · N51598

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

SORENSON RANCH

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

68° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000006038C

Total time

93 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,000

Age

70

Cause factors

64/A/15 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 3023. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3023.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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