NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI68F0499
Registry · N8071Y
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-161
Year of manufacture
1981
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19811224
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AAFE70
Registrant of record
FROST AVIATION SERVICES INC
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-30 · N8071Y
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EC
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
070° / 6 kt
Temp
40° F
Aircraft history
Total time
149 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,486
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
VER TWO HRS BEFORE ACCIDENT IN ACTUAL IFR WEATHER.
Investigator remarks
ACFT CRASH NEAR ILS OUTER MARKER.PLT HAD FLOWN O
Cause factors
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/66 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/62 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE 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
2 0977.
Source file
NTSB_1967_2_0977.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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