NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC72FAD03
Registry · N1853J
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-140
Year of manufacture
1968 · 4 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19680223
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A15609
Registrant of record
SARGENT DAVID W
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 · N1853J
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
270° / 15 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000028-24290
Total time
2,423 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
24
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
HE HAD DESIGNATED DIFFERENT AREA.LNDD IN MUSKEG.
Investigator remarks
STUDENT PLT WENT TO USUAL PRACTICE AREA,IP SAID
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/A A WEATHER LOW CEILING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/D A WEATHER SNOW Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/A/A A TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/56 J PILOT IN COMMAND MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
- 68/J/C0 J PERSONNEL INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT 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 1510.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_1510.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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