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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA76FYG16

1975-09-28 KENNEWICK, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3390K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GLOBE GC-1B

Year of manufacture

1946 · 29 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19550818

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3B9A0

Registrant of record

FOWLER DARREL D TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3390K Globe GC-1B 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

GLOBE GC-1B · N3390K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

VISTA FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001383

Total time

1,195 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

300

Age

55

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ILED. PLT RET,FURTHER DMG ON LDG.

Investigator remarks

ACFT HIT MOTORCYCLE AT RWY INTERSECTION. L GR FA

Cause factors

64/C/15 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause
68/C/K5 C
PERSONNEL DRIVER OF VEHICLE Cause
88/B/DG B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP
68/L/H9 L
PERSONNEL OTHER
88/K/AH K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE 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 3075. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3075.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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