NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD71AI043
Registry · N4773L
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 152
Year of manufacture
1980
Engine
LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19800201
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A5DDE7
Registrant of record
SILVER EXPRESS CO DBA
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 · N4773L
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
SKY BRYCE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
330° / 10 kt
Temp
34° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000028-4107
Total time
450 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
118
Age
29
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PLT HAD FLOWN 7.6 HRS SINCE DEP ABOUT 9 HRS PRIOR.
Investigator remarks
FLEW INTO RIDGE AT NIGHT.HAD DESCENDED DUE TURB.
Cause factors
- 64/A/03 A PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/65 J PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Joint cause
- 88/J/62 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE Joint cause
- 82/J/K J WEATHER TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR 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 0301.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_0301.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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