NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD70FKM05
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-24 · N8696P
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
Business
Airport
BEECH MOUNTAIN
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
300° / 10 kt
Temp
60° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000024-4144
Total time
1,684 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,000
Age
46
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
EWARD SIDE.DENSITY ALT APRX 5500FT.
Investigator remarks
AFTR T/O TURNED TOWARD MTN N OF ARPT,FLT PATH LE
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/52 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/W J WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE Joint cause
- 82/J/M J WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS 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 1972.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_1972.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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