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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN80DQD01

1979-10-21 ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6229W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A82153

Registrant of record

SPRAY TERRY LEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6229W Piper PA-28 Minor

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 · N6229W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

ALAMOGORDO MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-20255

Total time

5,600 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

1,700

Age

33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ROAT.

Investigator remarks

PIECE OF RUBBER FROM LND LIGHT LODGED IN CARB TH

Cause factors

74/C/CG C
POWERPLANT CARBURETOR Cause
88/C/CF C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION 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 3219. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3219.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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