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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA80FYP09

1980-01-18 WASHTUCNA, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1626S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV7A

Year of manufacture

2024

Engine

LYCOMING YIO-360-M1B (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20240727

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0FC57

Registrant of record

SIGGINS CHRISTOPHER W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1626S Snow 600S2C 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

SNOW 600S2C · N1626S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

Z

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000600-1174C

Total time

3,607 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Age

41

Investigator remarks

HIT PWR LINE.

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS 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

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 0265. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0265.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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