NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW80FA106
Registry · N3154W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
NEW PIPER PA-28-161
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A35C5D
Registrant of record
BROLAN AVIATION LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
BEECH A36 · N3154W
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
270° / 20 kt
Temp
26° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000E506
Total time
1,231 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
585
Age
48
Investigator remarks
RECOVERY DATE 8/16/80.
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
- 82/J/D J WEATHER SNOW Joint cause
- 82/J/F J WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. 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 2509.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_2509.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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