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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN78DTM16

1978-03-22 NMANILA, Utah, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N220RM

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-32RT-300T

Year of manufacture

1978 · 0 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

7 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19991117

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1E284

Registrant of record

BENNER GREGORY T

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N220RM AEROSPATIAL SA315B 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

AEROSPATIAL SA315B · N220RM

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

E

Kind of flying

CT

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Temp

32° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002446

Total time

1,106 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,628

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

INSTALLED IMPROPERLY.

Investigator remarks

ENGINE AIR INTAKE SILENCER P/N 1160-55-40-001-11

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/56 C
POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
88/C/CB C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause
83/K/B K
TERRAIN SNOW-COVERED 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 0610. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0610.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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