NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC70D0038
Registry · N5641W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-180
Year of manufacture
1962 · 7 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19620919
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A73856
Registrant of record
THIBODEAU TOM M
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-28 · N5641W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000028-789
Total time
1,569 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
140
Age
41
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
S.
Investigator remarks
OVERSHOT INTENDED T/D POINT,STRUCK LOGS AND ROCK
Cause factors
- 64/C/04 C PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause
- 64/C/03 C PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Cause
- 64/C/46 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
- 82/C/B C WEATHER RAIN 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 4135.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_4135.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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