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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA81DYM36

1981-08-20 SANDY, Oregon, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2340D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ROBINSON HELICOPTER R22 BETA

Year of manufacture

1992

TCDS

H10WE · ROBINSON HELICOPTER CO

Engine

LYCOMING O-320-B2C (160 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20120621

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A219B8

Registrant of record

WOJTOWICZ TOMASZ

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2340D Piper PA-38 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

PIPER PA-38 · N2340D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

COUNTRY SQUIRE

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 5 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0038-79A0278

Total time

986 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

52

Age

28

Investigator remarks

STRUCK EDGE OF RAISED PARALLEL TWY.

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/C/62 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING Cause
64/B/79 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 2696. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2696.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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