NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA77FA052
Registry · N78597
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-12
Year of manufacture
1947 · 30 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES (140 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19950802
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AAA6CC
Registrant of record
BORGERSON MARK
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
CESSNA 172K · N78597
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
SKYKOMISH STATE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-BELOW 1000 FEET
Temp
42° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000057679
Total time
2,109 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
92
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
HT. PLT USED STRIP PRIOR IN DAYLIGHT CONDITIONS.
Investigator remarks
ATT DEPT FM UNLIT TREE BORDERED MTN STRIP AT NIG
Cause factors
- 64/A/02 A PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL 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
- 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 2208.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_2208.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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