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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD78FIG13

1978-07-20 GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N283T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18 105

Year of manufacture

1953 · 25 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19570718

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2DAC9

Registrant of record

HALL TERRY A

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-18 · N283T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

J

Airport

MONTGOMERY ARPK

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

160° / 6 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000182397

Total time

2,435 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,627

Age

64

Cause factors

  • 66/A/79 A
    DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/30 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 1891. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1891.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.