NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA77FA015
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
PIPER PA-32R · N6638F
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EK
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
OLYMPIA
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
PARTIAL OBSCURATION
Temp
32° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
032R-7780034
Total time
48 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
3,400
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OBSCURNG VISION.
Investigator remarks
ACFT STRUCK GRNDNG RODS ATOP CONTROL TWR. SMOKE
Cause factors
- 64/A/26 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/13 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
- 82/J/V J WEATHER OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION 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 1608.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_1608.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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