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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA79FYM22

1979-03-24 CAMAS, Washington, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1326N

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER J3C-65

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19551130

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A085D6

Registrant of record

LEMMON RICHARD W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1326N Piper J3C-65 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 J3C-65 · N1326N

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

CAMAS

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

250° / 5 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000013476

Total time

2,362 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

226

Age

39

Investigator remarks

IDLE SET TOO LOW. HIT GUY WIRE.

Cause factors

68/C/D0 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
74/C/CG C
POWERPLANT CARBURETOR Cause
88/C/47 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 0574. Source file NTSB_1979_3_0574.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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