NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW69D0248
Registry · N5221N
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-181
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A692E4
Registrant of record
BOARDMAN BRIAN J
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
BOEING E75 · N5221N
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DD
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
100° F
Aircraft history
Total time
5,309 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
525
Age
23
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SWATH RUN. SETTLED IN FLD. DENSITY ALT 6000 FT.
Investigator remarks
PLT SLOWED ACFT TO ALLOW ANOTHER ACFT TO FINISH
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/W J WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE Joint 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 3314.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_3314.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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