NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI67A0001
Registry · N1147
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-30
Year of manufacture
1964 · 2 years old at event
TCDS
A1EA · PIPER AIRCRAFT INC
Engine
LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES (150 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19640430
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A03E5C
Registrant of record
N7371Y LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
DEHAVILLAND DHC-1B · N1147
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Airport
LA PORTE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
090° / 5 kt
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Total time
2,502 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
402
Age
29
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
INSUFFICIENT ALT FOR SAFE RECOVERY FROM SPIN.
Investigator remarks
ENG CUT OUT DURING ABRUPT PULL UP FROM LOW PASS.
Cause factors
- 74/C/KA C POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 88/B/14 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
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
2 1159.
Source file
NTSB_1966_2_1159.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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