NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW71AF032
Registry · N9094K
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-181
Year of manufacture
1985
Engine
LYCOMING 0-360-A1D (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19851125
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC9389
Registrant of record
WOMACK-KALLA DENNIS 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
STINSON 108-1 · N9094K
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
070° / 5 kt
Temp
58° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000108-2094
Total time
1,037 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
120
Age
40
Investigator remarks
OBS LOST SIGHT OF ACFT RIGHT AFTER T/O.
Cause factors
- 64/A/40 A PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/66 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/A A WEATHER LOW CEILING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/B A WEATHER RAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/C A WEATHER FOG 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 2043.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_2043.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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