NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC81FA008
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 · N2243Q
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
PARTIAL OBSCURATION
Wind
020° / 20 kt
Temp
14° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000794-0047
Total time
1,896 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,297
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
WND GSTG 34KTS.DARK NGT.
Investigator remarks
PLT TMTD THAT HE WAS AT 500FT,SNOWING,UN TO SEE.
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/52 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 3215.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3215.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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