NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN73AD047
Registry · N743R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-18-150
Year of manufacture
1981
Engine
LYCOMING O-320-B2B (160 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20141003
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A9FF26
Registrant of record
KISKADDON LUKE M
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
N.AMERICAN NA-265 · N743R
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Business
Airport
MONTROSE
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000306-11
Total time
2,372 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
10,000
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
N-FLT DEPLOYMENT OF L ENG THRUST REVERSER.
Investigator remarks
CONTD OPN OF L ENG AT CLIMB PWR AFTER UNWANTED I
Cause factors
- 64/A/21 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/20 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/07 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/43 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS THRUST REVERSAL-UNWANTED Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 0520.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_0520.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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