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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW70FPM09

1970-05-23 OWASSO, Oklahoma, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9287E

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-161

Year of manufacture

1997

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19970425

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACDF34

Registrant of record

SKYBORNE AIRLINE ACADEMY INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9287E Aeronca 11AC 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

AERONCA 11AC · N9287E

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

D

Airport

GUNDERMAN ARPT

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000924

Total time

658 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

362

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DRG RECOVERY.

Investigator remarks

ENTERED SPIN DRG SIMULATED ENG-OUT APCH.HIT GND

Cause factors

88/C/85 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS Cause
66/B/16 B
DUAL STUDENT
64/B/30 B
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT

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 2240. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2240.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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