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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X2014

1964-05-30 MINTO, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2478P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-150

Year of manufacture

1979

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19791218

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A24D7E

Registrant of record

DICKINSON SCOTT S

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2478P Piper PA22 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 PA22 · N2478P

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Day

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise climb (DB)

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

DE

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

1,496 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

C (C)

Total hours

1,150

Age

34

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
88/L/88 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
64/3/21 3
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Subordinate · 3
88/3/72 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Subordinate · 3

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 2319. Source file NTSB_1964_3_2319.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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