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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI78FA016

1978-01-16 CINCINNATI, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N98DK

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-46-600TP

Year of manufacture

2017

Engine

P&W CANADA PT6A-42A (850 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20190403

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADA920

Registrant of record

ENVIROTECH ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N98DK LEAR JET 24D None

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

LEAR JET 24D · N98DK

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

E

Airport

LUNKEN

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000240-305

Total time

1,908 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

15,000

Age

54

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

S IN ALT,A/S,OR RATE OF DESCENT AFT RWY IN SIGHT.

Investigator remarks

1ST OFF DUTIES INCLUDE CALLING OUT ANY DEVIATION

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
64/L/34 L
PILOT IN COMMAND OPERATED CARELESSLY
65/L/20 L
COPILOT
82/L/D L
WEATHER SNOW
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 0168. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0168.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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