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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW81DQG14

1981-02-21 AMARILLO, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N419CC

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-236

Year of manufacture

1979 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790716

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4F5C4

Registrant of record

HILLS CRAIG

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N419CC 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 · N419CC

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

TRADEWINDS

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

330° / 25 kt

Temp

41° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7610151

Total time

1,576 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

258

Age

47

Investigator remarks

SUBSTANTIAL DMG TO N758FQ,N8724Z,N6549F.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
80/L/BA L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 0288. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0288.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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