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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA79FYE04

1978-11-10 BELLEVUE, Washington, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N4036Q 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 · N4036Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

BELLEVUE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 5 kt

Temp

45° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7716167

Total time

1,199 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

65

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NO ENG MALFUNCTION FOUND.

Investigator remarks

PLT TURNED R TO AVOID OBSTACLES OFF END OF RWY.

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
84/K/7 K
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Joint factor
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 3276. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3276.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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