NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI81FCA04
Registry · N10DR
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-34-220T
Year of manufacture
1994
Engine
CONT MOTOR TSIO-360-KB (220 hp)
Seats / Engines
7 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20121012
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A002B6
Registrant of record
FLYING W 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 · N10DR
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
D
Airport
SHAFER METRO
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
310° / 7 kt
Temp
33° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000032-429
Total time
2,970 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,808
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
2MIN,ACFT COVERED W FROST WHILE TAXIING TO TKOF.
Investigator remarks
WITNESSES STATED ESTD TIME FM ENG START TO TKOF-
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
- 84/B/7 B MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
- 64/L/29 L PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
- 88/L/74 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE
- 82/L/G L WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2670.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_2670.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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