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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA78DYE38

1978-09-26 EVERETT, Washington, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3580L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

RAVEN INDUSTRIES INC. RALLY RX7

Year of manufacture

1989

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19890613

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A404E8

Registrant of record

GARRETT TERRY S

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3580L GR LAKES 2T-1A2 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

GR LAKES 2T-1A2 · N3580L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

PAINE

Kind of flying

DC

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000807

Total time

41 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

684

Age

22

Investigator remarks

GUSTING TO 15K.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/L/07 L
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2433. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2433.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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