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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW82DPJ03

1981-10-27 SEILING, Oklahoma, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3949P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-22-150

Year of manufacture

1956 · 25 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560117

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A49546

Registrant of record

GRIGGS LUZ V

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3949P Piper PA-22 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-22 · N3949P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

SEILING

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

150° / 3 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000022-3676

Total time

2,200 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

242

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.RWY SLOPED DOWNHILL.

Investigator remarks

PLT NOTED BRAKES WEAK BFR TKOF.UN TO STOP ON RWY

Cause factors

64/A/01 A
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/82 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/J/CJ J
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Joint cause
88/J/BQ J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY Joint cause
80/J/BY J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint cause
88/J/DH J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 2640. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2640.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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