NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA80FYA11
Aircraft involved
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
CASSUTT 3M · N11XR
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 5 kt
Temp
60° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000H-1
Total time
130 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,767
Age
30
Investigator remarks
ENG SPUTTERED. HIT PWR LINES 80-100FT AGL.
Cause factors
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 74/C/BC C POWERPLANT SPARK PLUG Cause
- 88/C/98 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE Cause
- 88/C/BR C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ERRATIC Cause
- 64/B/15 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
- 88/K/79 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SUNGLARE 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 0201.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_0201.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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