NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW68F0472
Registry · N6555W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-140
Year of manufacture
1965 · 3 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19650114
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8A269
Registrant of record
DEETER GEORGE E
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
PIPER PA-28 · N6555W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
PEARLAND
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
350° / 18 kt
Aircraft history
Total time
2,201 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
220
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RNWY.
Investigator remarks
TAILWIND 18K. 20 FT OBSTRUCTIONS AT EACH END OF
Cause factors
- 64/C/80 C PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
- 88/L/AQ L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
- 83/L/I L TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
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 0453.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_0453.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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