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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA79DYE03

1978-11-12 YELM, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N6949 Evans VP-1 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

EVANS VP-1 · N6949

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

WESTERN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000V-1760

Total time

28 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,385

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AXYING TO GAS PUMP,NO INTENT FOR FLT,SUB DMG.

Investigator remarks

GR SUPPORT CABLE FAILED. HIT CESSNA 150,N2446J T

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
70/B/CA B
AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC.
88/B/BM B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED
68/B/J2 B
PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 3923. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3923.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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