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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X2021

1964-05-30 ZELLWOOD, Florida, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3974P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PRISEL RALPH E ACEY DEUCY SPECIAL

Year of manufacture

1983

Engine

CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES (95 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19840803

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A49FBC

Registrant of record

SCHWEND BRIAN

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3974P Piper PA18A Minor

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 PA18A · N3974P

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Wind

270° / 8 kt

Temp

80° F

Pilot

Certificate

F (F)

Total hours

5,000

Age

49

Cause factors

64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 1469. Source file NTSB_1964_3_1469.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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