NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD74FIA16
Registry · N1111H
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-30
Year of manufacture
1964 · 10 years old at event
TCDS
A1EA · PIPER AIRCRAFT INC
Engine
LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES (150 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19671010
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0326D
Registrant of record
BIELAMOWICZ JOHN KOLBE
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
FLUG-UNDFAH DIA-18 · N1111H
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
DF
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
270° / 15 kt
Temp
55° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000054
Total time
184 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
789
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ED.OTR PARTS MISSING.FURTHER DMG ON FORCED LDG.
Investigator remarks
LWR RUDDER ATTACH BOLT DISENGAGED,RUDDER SEPARAT
Cause factors
- 70/A/D1 A AIRFRAME RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/49 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT 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 1251.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_1251.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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