NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC69A0026
Registry · N9265R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA 46-350P
Year of manufacture
1996
TCDS
A25SO · PIPER AIRCRAFT INC
Engine
AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19960301
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ACD78B
Registrant of record
R2 AVIATION LLC
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
LOCKHEED GA 382E · N9265R
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D2
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Aircraft history
Total time
177 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
5,050
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SAFELY.
Investigator remarks
STRUCK GRND. CONT FLT TO EIELSON AFB AND LANDED
Cause factors
- 64/A/53 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/11 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ 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 4840.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_4840.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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