NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC76AA027
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 · N6544J
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
E
Airport
WHITTIER
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
180° / 12 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000028-4986
Total time
2,394 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
19,150
Age
66
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RESTRICTED FLD OF VISION.
Investigator remarks
DEP & TURNED INTO SUN.HIT TREE 28FT AGL.AIRFRAME
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/20 J PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Joint cause
- 64/J/71 J PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS Joint cause
- 88/J/79 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SUNGLARE Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 3167.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_3167.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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