NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW73AF024
Registry · N5229S
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-32-300
Year of manufacture
1970 · 2 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19700227
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A69400
Registrant of record
INK INTERNATIONAL INC
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-32 · N5229S
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
Marginal VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
Business
Airport
LAREDO INTL
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
040° / 5 kt
Temp
50° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000032-40933
Total time
588 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,500
Age
50
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OP ENROUTE.THIRD LDG ATMT.
Investigator remarks
MRGL VFR CONDS FCSTD,LOW CIGS AFTR SNST.VFR-ON-T
Cause factors
- 64/A/33 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/53 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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 3739.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_3739.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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