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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81FEK09

1980-12-31 COLUMBUS, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N36126 Piper PA32RT 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

PIPER PA32RT · N36126

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

PORT COLUMBUS

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

170° / 9 kt

Temp

35° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

032R-7885162

Total time

551 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

243

Age

23

Cause factors

64/C/01 C
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause
88/C/74 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Cause
82/L/A L
WEATHER LOW CEILING
82/L/C L
WEATHER FOG
82/L/D L
WEATHER SNOW
82/L/F L
WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.
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 3546. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3546.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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