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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81FEK12

1981-01-08 CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9086K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-181

Year of manufacture

1977 · 4 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19770828

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC9018

Registrant of record

MEDIA STEW LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9086K Piper PA-28 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 PA-28 · N9086K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B0

Operator type

E

Airport

ROSS COUNTY

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7890176

Total time

1,816 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,736

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TWY LITE INOP.

Investigator remarks

PILOT MISTOOK SNOW COVERED AREA FOR TAXIWAY,ONE

Cause factors

64/A/15 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/J/BQ J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RAMP/TAXIWAY Joint cause
80/J/A5 J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES TAXIWAY LIGHTING AND MARKING Joint cause

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 0047. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0047.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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