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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA77DYE14

1977-03-19 WESTPORT, Washington, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N75331

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BUCKEYE DREAM MACHINE

Engine

ROTAX 582SER (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20071215

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA2809

Registrant of record

MURPHY MICHAEL D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N75331 Piper PA-28 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

PIPER PA-28 · N75331

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

WESTPORT

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

315° / 5 kt

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7615289

Total time

698 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

980

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

THRU HIGH GRASS,STRUCK CREEK BANK.RWY CLOSED.

Investigator remarks

ATMTD TKOF FM 2000FT SOFT SOD RWY.CONTD TKOF RUN

Cause factors

64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/81 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/J/BA J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY Joint cause
80/J/BI J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIGH VEGETATION Joint cause
80/J/BJ J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIDDEN HAZARD Joint cause
88/J/AQ J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND 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 0963. Source file NTSB_1977_3_0963.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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