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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN80DA019

1980-01-23 ROSWELL, New Mexico, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N36482

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-34-200T

Year of manufacture

1978 · 2 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER (225 hp)

Seats / Engines

7 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19780112

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A41EB3

Registrant of record

FAIR AIR INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N36482 Piper PA-34 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-34 · N36482

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EC

Operator type

E

Airport

ROSWELL

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

140° / 6 kt

Temp

42° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0034-7870335

Total time

871 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,920

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TEER TO ARPT AFTER GND CONTACT.DMGD GEAR COLLAPSED

Investigator remarks

ILS CDI UNRELBL AFTER LTG STRIKE,CONTD APCH.DF S

Cause factors

82/C/Q C
WEATHER LIGHTNING STRIKE Cause
64/B/01 B
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT
64/B/26 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION
64/K/82 K
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Joint factor
76/K/BB K
INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES ILS RECEIVERS Joint factor
88/K/BR K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ERRATIC Joint factor
82/K/A K
WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint factor
82/K/B K
WEATHER RAIN Joint factor
82/K/X K
WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY 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 3233. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3233.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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