NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA76FTI15
Aircraft involved
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
AERONCA 7AC · N84885
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
DI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
200° / 15 kt
Temp
78° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00007AC-3604
Total time
4,259 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
270
Age
28
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
T. GLIDER RELEASED OK. DENSITY ALT ABT 10000FT.
Investigator remarks
ACFT ENCNTRD DWN DRAFT IN CANYON. UN MAINTAIN FL
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/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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 3025.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_3025.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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