NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC69A0064
Registry · N84699
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-181
Year of manufacture
1981
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19811109
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB99D8
Registrant of record
SKYKNIGHTS OF WESTERN KY INC
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
AERONCA 7AC · N84699
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
YANKEE CREEK
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
3,023 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
125
Age
26
Investigator remarks
PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 135 MG PCT.
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/65 A PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/67 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT 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 1612.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_1612.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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