NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD78FLQ03
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-23 · N12E
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
BLUEGRASS
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
260° / 6 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000027-23-66
Total time
3,098 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,250
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RWY.RECENT FLT EXP NAW FAR61.57
Investigator remarks
NO FLAP ILS TO MINIMUMS,BROKE OUT APRX 1/3 DOWN
Cause factors
- 64/C/46 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
- 64/C/82 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
- 64/L/02 L PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
- 64/L/71 L PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS
- 88/L/AQ L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
- 88/K/DH K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint factor
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
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 3041.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_3041.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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