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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA80DYM31

1980-04-28 PENDLETON, Oregon, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N45018

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

NAVAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY N3N-3

Year of manufacture

1941 · 39 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING R680 (215 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19971002

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A574B8

Registrant of record

COOK RANDAL J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N45018 NAVAL FCTY N3N-3 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

NAVAL FCTY N3N-3 · N45018

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

PENDELTON

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002744

Total time

5,620 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

4,000

Age

25

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
83/K/A K
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND 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 0627. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0627.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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