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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC78DAG59

1978-05-04 SOLDOTNA, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2163A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-20

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560414

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1D28E

Registrant of record

SHARP ROSCOE A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2163A Piper PA-20 None

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-20 · N2163A

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

SOLDOTNA

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000020-891

Total time

3,200 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

7,027

Age

41

Investigator remarks

STUDENT PLT OVERREACTED DURING LNDG ROLL.

Cause factors

66/C/22 C
DUAL STUDENT Cause
64/C/30 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 2553. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2553.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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