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SEA77DYA17

1977-04-27 · AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N27206

Make / Model
PORTERFIELD LP-65
Year of manufacture
1940 · 37 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-145B SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19580212
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2B061

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PORTERFIELD LP65 · N27206
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
180° / 2 kt
Temp
75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000703
Total time
3,398 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,630
Age
48

Investigator remarks

ACFT STRUCK FARM MACHINERY

Cause factors

  • 82/C/N C
    WEATHER LOCAL WHIRLWIND Cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1379. Source file NTSB_1977_3_1379.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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