NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA81FA056
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
AERONCA 7AC · N4323E
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
TRI-CITIES STATE
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Temp
60° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000007178
Total time
2,004 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,800
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
L.
Investigator remarks
CRASHED IN PEACH ORCHARD. 4HRS SINCE ENG OVERHAU
Cause factors
- 74/C/KA C POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 82/J/G J WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
- 88/J/91 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING Joint cause
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 2688.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2688.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
Beyond the agency record
Search this event elsewhere.
Pre-filled searches into the sources where news + community discussion of aviation events lives. External sources are reported, not agency. Treat them as signal that something happened, not as fact about what happened.
Entity-clustered aviation events in the press — last 24 hr + 30-day archive.
Official agency record + docket.
Investigative docket: factual reports, photos, transcripts.
Long-running aviation incident database (Flight Safety Foundation).
Community NTSB synthesis blog — often has photos and witness reports.
Gold-standard aviation incident blog.
Aviation industry news search.
GA pilot forum — informed but rumor-prone.
GA pilot subreddit search.
Tail-number page — flight history (free tier limited).
AOPA Air Safety Institute search.
Mainstream press coverage. Recent events only.
Privacy-preserving news search.
External links open in a new tab. We don't ingest their content; we deep-link search queries.