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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW75AF039

1974-12-10 DENTON, Texas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N5085Y Piper PA-23 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

PIPER PA-23 · N5085Y

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

MUNICIPAL

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

160° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000027-2105

Total time

3,100 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

719

Age

34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BLO VMC ON ATTMPTD GO ARND.ROLLED TO R.

Investigator remarks

SIM R ENG INOP.IP CUT MIXT.PLT BOUNCED LDG,ACFT

Cause factors

64/C/20 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause
64/C/30 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
66/B/25 B
DUAL STUDENT
66/B/62 B
DUAL STUDENT
66/B/16 B
DUAL STUDENT
88/K/05 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CREW COORDINATION-POOR Joint factor
88/L/85 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS

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 3819. Source file NTSB_1974_3_3819.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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