NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD74FKW23
Registry · N8030Y
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-30
Year of manufacture
1966 · 8 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
19660524
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AAEF71
Registrant of record
PADEN FRANK G
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-30 · N8030Y
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
E
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
MOORE MORRELL
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
240° / 10 kt
Temp
59° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000030-1139
Total time
3,549 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
520
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
D DN LITE INOP.
Investigator remarks
LDG GR ELECTRIC MOTOR C.B. OPEN. WARNING HORN AN
Cause factors
- 64/A/39 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CY A AIRFRAME OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/AL A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/J/CL J AIRFRAME LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS Joint cause
- 88/J/03 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE 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 0282.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_0282.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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