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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW75DPG15

1975-08-17 LAKEVIEW, Arkansas, United States None 2 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5581W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-160

Year of manufacture

1962 · 13 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A71FB3

Registrant of record

RAY JUSTIN P

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-28 · N5581W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

GASTON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

160° / 8 kt

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000028-666

Total time

2,283 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

562

Age

44

Investigator remarks

COLLIDED WITH RUNWAY MARKER

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL 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 2215. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2215.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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