NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD75AI012
Registry · N53235
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA46-500TP
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6BABA
Registrant of record
AEROSPACE TRUST MANAGEMENT LLC TRUSTEE
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
CESSNA A188B · N53235
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
00018801701T
Total time
162 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,411
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
EFT CLD IN NOSE DWN ATTITUDE,CONT TIL IMPACT.
Investigator remarks
FLT ENTRD LO CLD COND.NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT L
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/66 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING 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 3029.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3029.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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