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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW81DQA44

1981-08-26 CLAYTON, New Mexico, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1057X

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Year of manufacture

1975 · 6 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19750422

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A01AAA

Registrant of record

WEISENBERGER THOMAS

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1057X 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 · N1057X

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

270° / 20 kt

Temp

48° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7505202

Total time

3,066 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

2,800

Age

53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IN LGTD AREA NR RANCH.AVOIDED FENCE,LNDD,WTR POOL.

Investigator remarks

PLT RPRTD TURNING BACK AFT CONDS DET.ATMTD LNDG

Cause factors

64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
82/L/B L
WEATHER RAIN
82/L/L L
WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS
82/L/X L
WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
83/K/Y K
TERRAIN OTHER Joint factor
84/K/7 K
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Joint factor
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 2538. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2538.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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