NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD73FLJ24
Registry · N4SG
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-32R-301T
Year of manufacture
2002
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
7 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20020615
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4A986
Registrant of record
CP AERO LLC
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
WHITMAN W-8 · N4SG
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Operator type
D
Airport
BURLINGTON MUN
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
240° / 6 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000001929-4
Total time
184 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
370
Age
32
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RBORNE APRX 1HR 20MIN.
Investigator remarks
ACFT OBSVD TO SNAP OVR DRG TURN TO FINAL APCH.AI
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/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
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 0941.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_0941.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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