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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA77FYM39

1977-06-11 HILLSBORO, Oregon, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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-28 · N123NW

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

HILLSBORO

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

95° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000007625011

Total time

1,365 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

17

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T.STRUCK PARKED CARS.

Investigator remarks

PULLED MIXTURE INSTEAD OF THROTTLE.LNDD IN STREE

Cause factors

  • 64/C/21 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 83/K/Y K
    TERRAIN OTHER 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 2079. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2079.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.