NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI67F0555
Registry · N3865W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-32-260
Year of manufacture
1966 · 1 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19660908
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A474B0
Registrant of record
WESTENBERGER DAVID L
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
PIPER PA-32 · N3865W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
BERZ T
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 45 kt
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Total time
168 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
7,670
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
DITIONS EXCEEDED ACFT PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY.
Investigator remarks
INSTRUCTOR CONTINUED LOCAL FLIGHT UNTIL WIND CON
Cause factors
- 64/C/33 C PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
- 82/C/H C WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 1230.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_1230.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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