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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ATL80DKJ27

1980-08-22 ASHVILLE, Alabama, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4520T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Year of manufacture

1971 · 9 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19711230

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A57BF4

Registrant of record

BRUMMELL COLTEN ANDREW

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4520T Piper PA-28 Minor

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 · N4520T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

DUGGERS FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7105216

Total time

3,500 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

353

Age

30

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTS TO 12KTS.

Cause factors

64/A/28 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/J/H J
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
88/1/AW 1
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1

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 2180. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2180.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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