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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA79DYP28

1979-06-06 COLVILLE, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

WEATHERLY 201A · N2933W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

COLVILLE

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000606

Total time

1,593 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,750

Age

39

Investigator remarks

HIT HOLE 75 FT OFF RWY.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 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 2608. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2608.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.