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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW78DRG16

1977-11-23 LAREDO, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9534D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-22-160

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19880104

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD42B4

Registrant of record

LEVINSON ISAAC F

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9534D 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 · N9534D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Business

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

350° / 7 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000022-6450

Total time

1,962 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

637

Age

53

Investigator remarks

STRUCK PILE OF GRAVEL ON RANCH RD.

Cause factors

64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
83/J/I J
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint 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 3870. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3870.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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