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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW70F0304

1969-11-11 SLIDELL, Louisiana, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N5718F Piper PA-28 Serious

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 · N5718F

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

SLIDELL

Kind of flying

DY

Weather at impact

Sky

OBSCURATION

Wind

230° / 2 kt

Temp

52° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000002824931

Total time

644 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,200

Age

44

Investigator remarks

RECOVERY DATE-11/11/69. WX CHECK FLT.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
64/K/40 K
PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Joint factor
82/K/C K
WEATHER FOG 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 4413. Source file NTSB_1969_3_4413.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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