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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW75DQG39

1975-01-03 DALHART, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4689Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-22-108

Year of manufacture

1961 · 14 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19610227

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5BAFE

Registrant of record

DAVIS JAMES J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4689Z Piper PA-22 None

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-22 · N4689Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

DALHART MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

240° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000022-8227

Total time

2,116 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

95

Age

32

Investigator remarks

PATCHES OF ICE ON RWY.GUSTING TO 22K.

Cause factors

64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
80/L/BB L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND 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 0140. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0140.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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