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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA79FYE06

1978-11-24 BREMERTON, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8402C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1976 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19760119

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB827A

Registrant of record

CONNER W LARRY

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8402C Piper PA-28 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-28 · N8402C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

KITSAP COUNTY

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

38° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7625112

Total time

1,467 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

1,981

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WY PARTIALLY CLEARED.

Investigator remarks

LND TO L OF CENTER IN SNOW. DIDNT USE LDG LTS. R

Cause factors

66/C/20 C
DUAL STUDENT Cause
64/C/30 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
88/C/13 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Cause
68/L/H2 L
PERSONNEL IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL
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 3437. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3437.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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