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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW79DRG54

1979-09-09 AUSTIN, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2116F

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-161

Year of manufacture

1978 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19781116

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1C069

Registrant of record

VARANI HUGO LEONARDO CORDOVA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2116F Piper PA-28 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-28 · N2116F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

LAKEWAY AIRPARK

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

010° / 8 kt

Temp

84° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7916171

Total time

492 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

28

Age

28

Investigator remarks

ENCOUNTERED ROUGH TERRAIN AFTER DEPARTING RWY.

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/B/82 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
83/K/F K
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor
88/K/DH K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint factor

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 2373. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2373.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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