NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW77FA065
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 · N5912F
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D8
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
TOM DANAHER AIRPO
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
250° / 7 kt
Temp
92° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0028-7715156
Total time
501 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
2,665
Age
42
Investigator remarks
PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 263MG%.
Cause factors
- 64/A/52 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/65 A PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/67 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/14 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause
- 88/1/AW 1 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1
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 2740.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_2740.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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