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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA7KFYA50

1975-06-11 BLACKFOOT, Idaho, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2602P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SKYMASTER POWERED PARACHUTES SKYMASTER EXCEL

Year of manufacture

2001

Engine

ROTAX 582SER (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20071211

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A281A9

Registrant of record

GALL RAYMOND R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2602P Piper PA-22 Serious

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-22 · N2602P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

210° / 14 kt

Temp

69° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000022-2935

Total time

1,246 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,674

Age

55

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ST FULL.DRAGGED WINGTIP ON T/D IN PASTURE.

Investigator remarks

FUEL SELECTOR ON L TANK.L TANK EMPTY,R TANK ALMO

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/23 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 2581. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2581.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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