NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC82DA004
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 · N3578W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000032-471
Total time
1,452 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
7,450
Age
57
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NCH,FLEW INTO NARROW CANYON,UN CLB OVR RISING TRRN
Investigator remarks
ATMTD TO CROSS MTNS THRU LOW PASS,TOOK WRONG BRA
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/20 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/D J WEATHER SNOW 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 2825.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2825.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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