NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW71FRG26
Registry · N3304P
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-23-160
Year of manufacture
1958 · 12 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19710127
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A398C1
Registrant of record
BUCKET LIST AVIATION LLC
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
PIPER PA-23 · N3304P
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D2
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000023-1254
Total time
2,667 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
3,323
Age
51
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
MAX SPEED.75 PCT OF RUDDER SEP.R HORZ STAB BUCKLED
Investigator remarks
TEST FLT FOR STC ON NOSE BAGGAGE DOOR. EXCEEDED
Cause factors
- 64/A/09 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/D1 A AIRFRAME RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/D3 A AIRFRAME HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/49 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT Joint cause
- 88/J/BT J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FLUTTER 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 4451.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_4451.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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