NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA78FYE14
Registry · N27LM
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
LOUIS MALINCHAK WAGABOND
Year of manufacture
2017
Engine
LYCOMING O-320-B3B (160 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20250312
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2A529
Registrant of record
FRERICHS JACOB L
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
TORRO 771 · N27LM
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
ENUMCLAW
Kind of flying
DY
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
005° / 10 kt
Temp
58° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000177
Total time
55 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
46
Age
42
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IGNED OFF FOR SOLO FLT.
Investigator remarks
PLT SAID HE INADVERTENTLY BECAME AIRBORNE. NOT S
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/22 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/31 J PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT 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 0255.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_0255.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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