NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI74FEI26
Registry · N3793W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-32-260
Year of manufacture
1966 · 8 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A45810
Registrant of record
BAS PART SALES 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
PIPER PA-32 · N3793W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Day
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
BURKE LAKEFRONT
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
280° / 6 kt
Temp
32° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000032-720
Total time
2,219 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
7,658
Age
55
Investigator remarks
CARB HEAT VALVE FOUND IN COLD PSN.
Cause factors
- 64/C/21 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
- 88/C/02 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
- 88/C/72 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
- 82/L/G L WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING
- 88/K/88 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 0568.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_0568.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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