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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN82FTI06

1981-11-06 MISSOULA, Montana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9704D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-22-160

Year of manufacture

1959 · 22 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19590127

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD868D

Registrant of record

TRIMMER MARVIN E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9704D Piper PA-22 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-22 · N9704D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

JOHNSON-BELL

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000226615

Total time

1,908 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

ZA (ZA)

Cause factors

66/C/22 C
DUAL STUDENT Cause
64/C/30 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
64/B/06 B
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 3210. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3210.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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