NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW81DQG32
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
PIPER PA-28 · N47849
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
BIG SPRING MUNI
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
160° / 7 kt
Temp
78° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000007816142
Total time
2,599 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
350
Age
26
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PCH.INADVERTENTLY LNDD RWY 17R.OBSTN ON CLOSED RWY
Investigator remarks
PLT ACTIVATED LGTS WENT OUT,RWY 17L,CONTD LNDG A
Cause factors
- 64/A/33 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/13 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/91 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING Joint cause
- 88/J/AP J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RUNWAY CLOSED Joint cause
- 64/A/82 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 1103.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_1103.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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