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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA79FA013

1978-11-16 BELLINGHAM, Washington, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N47226 Piper PA-28 Minor

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-28 · N47226

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EC

Operator type

E

Airport

BELLINGHAM INTL

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

260° / 5 kt

Temp

47° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000287890051

Total time

566 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

952

Age

21

Investigator remarks

CARB HEAT NOT USED.

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
82/K/A K
WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint factor
82/K/B K
WEATHER RAIN Joint factor
82/K/C K
WEATHER FOG Joint factor
82/K/G K
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING 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 3185. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3185.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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