NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC74FAA31
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-32 · N4160W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D2
Operator type
Business
Airport
MINTO
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
040° / 15 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000003240232
Total time
1,897 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
8,301
Age
55
Investigator remarks
PITCH CHG DOWEL FAILED.GUSTING TO 20K.
Cause factors
- 74/C/FD C POWERPLANT HYDRAULIC PITCH CONTROL MECHANISM Cause
- 88/C/36 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
- 88/C/CV C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE Cause
- 68/C/J0 C PERSONNEL SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL Cause
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
- 82/K/H K WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint factor
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 3770.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3770.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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