NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA78FYK23
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
HOME BUILT KR-2 · N57JC
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Business
Airport
NORTH BEND MUNI
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
350° / 8 kt
Temp
68° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000001
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
52
Age
53
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ENG FAILED INTERNALLY,LND IN BAY. VW ENG.
Investigator remarks
BECAME AIRBORNE DURING HI SPEED TAXI. CONT TKOF.
Cause factors
- 74/C/AD C POWERPLANT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY Cause
- 88/C/CN C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SCORED Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 64/L/31 L PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
- 88/K/88 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 2728.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_2728.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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