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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW72FPA08

1971-10-24 DONIE, Texas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2915G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-236

Year of manufacture

1979

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790625

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2FC3F

Registrant of record

WALLS PROPERTIES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2915G Callair A-6 Fatal

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

CALLAIR A-6 · N2915G

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 4 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000270

Total time

1,055 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

311

Age

21

Investigator remarks

STALLED FROM STEEP BANK.

Cause factors

64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 4461. Source file NTSB_1971_3_4461.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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