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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA78FYE01

1977-11-03 SPANAWAY, Washington, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9229Z Aerosport Quail Serious

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

AEROSPORT QUAIL · N9229Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

SPANAWAY

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Temp

55° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001-TA

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

303

Age

25

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ENGINE.

Investigator remarks

MAGNETO LOOSE ON DRIVE PAD,ROTATED.VW-REVEMASTER

Cause factors

74/C/BA C
POWERPLANT MAGNETOS Cause
68/C/J2 C
PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

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 3886. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3886.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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