NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DIA69A0033
Registry · N101L
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD PC-12/47E
Year of manufacture
2023
Engine
P&W CANADA PT6E-67XP (1200 hp)
Seats / Engines
11 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20230921
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A00965
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 · N101L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Business
Airport
RALEIGH-DURHAM
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
130° / 9 kt
Temp
52° F
Aircraft history
Total time
344 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
6,000
Age
48
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OPER ADJUSTMENT OF LINKAGE FROM AXLE TO COLLAR.
Investigator remarks
NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY.EXCESSIVE PLAY IN LINKAGE.IMPR
Cause factors
- 70/A/CE A AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/47 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/94 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION 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 1129.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_1129.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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