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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW82FRG11

1981-11-19 AUSTIN, Texas, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N25798

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH A36

Year of manufacture

1986

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A27533

Registrant of record

HAYEK INVESTMENTS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N25798 Piper PA-38 Serious

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-38 · N25798

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

TIMS AIRPARK

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

350° / 11 kt

Temp

59° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0038-81A0074

Total time

323 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

265

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BLACK EARTH ON DARK NGT.

Investigator remarks

MISJUDGED ALT DRG LNDG,FLARED TOO HI OVR PLOWED

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
64/B/25 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
64/L/31 L
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT

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 2571. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2571.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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