NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI73AC056
Registry · N10AS
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28R-200
Year of manufacture
1972 · 0 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19720509
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0026C
Registrant of record
CREWSON GARY
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
HAMILTON TC-45J · N10AS
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
E
Airport
HOPKINS
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
100° / 6 kt
Temp
29° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000039904
Total time
8,912 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,267
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ANTI-ICE/DE-ICER. ALSO MISUSED DE-ICER BOOTS.
Investigator remarks
WINDSHIELD ICED OVER.DEFROSTER INSTALLED BUT NO
Cause factors
- 64/C/01 C PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause
- 88/C/75 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-WINDSHIELD Cause
- 82/C/V C WEATHER OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION Cause
- 68/L/E2 L PERSONNEL INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT CREW
- 82/L/F L WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.
- 88/L/74 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE
- 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 3768.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_3768.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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