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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW77DQG43

1977-07-27 BROWNFIELD, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8739L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING 737-8

Year of manufacture

2020

TCDS

A16WE · BOEING

Engine

CFM INTL LEAP-1B27 SER

Seats / Engines

175 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20201221

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC0519

Registrant of record

WILMINGTON TRUST CO TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8739L Piper PA-25 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-25 · N8739L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DH

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 5 kt

Temp

95° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000025-5204

Total time

1,589 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

7,500

Age

48

Cause factors

64/A/52 A
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE 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 1712. Source file NTSB_1977_3_1712.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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