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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA78FYM38

1978-06-17 NEWBERG, Oregon, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3651P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-22-150

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A42168

Registrant of record

ALWINE DENNIS C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3651P Piper PA-22 None

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-22 · N3651P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

SPORTSMAN

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000022-3402

Total time

1,637 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

35

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

O PLT. VEERED OFF RWY TO AVOID OTR ACFT.

Investigator remarks

R BRAKE O RING SEAL MISSING. INOP BRAKES KNOWN T

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/C/82 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
64/C/01 C
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause
70/B/CJ B
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
88/B/AJ B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE
88/B/CM B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PRESSURE,NONE
84/B/7 B
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 1496. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1496.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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