NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC68A0042
Registry · N2159A
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
LEADING EDGE AERIAL TECH INC PV35X
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1CFA9
Registrant of record
LEADING EDGE AERIAL TECHNOLOGIES
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
PIPER PA-18 · N2159A
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
A1
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
100° / 3 kt
Temp
17° F
Aircraft history
Total time
2,023 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
21
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TO LEAD PLT THRU OCST.COMM BETW ACFT RELAYD BY FSS
Investigator remarks
PLT FAILED TO NOTICE DETERIORATING WEA.IP TRIED
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
- 82/J/D J WEATHER SNOW Joint cause
- 64/J/56 J PILOT IN COMMAND MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS 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 4057.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_4057.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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