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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW71AF032

1970-12-15 BEAUMONT, Texas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 ↗.