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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW82DRA09

1981-11-12 BEAUMONT, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8092Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

TITAN AIRCRAFT TITAN TORNADO S

Engine

AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20051203

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB0602

Registrant of record

HOLLOWAY DEAN L

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

PIPER PA-28 · N8092Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

BEAUMONT MUNI

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000008016085

Total time

842 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

410

Age

20

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

VERTICAL GND REFUELING PIPE BESIDE RAMP/TWY.

Investigator remarks

AS IP WAS READING HOBBS METER,R WING TIP STRUCK

Cause factors

  • 66/A/54 A
    DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/30 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/08 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT 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 2562. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2562.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.