NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD79FA011
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-24 · N6147P
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
FREEWAY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
PARTIAL OBSCURATION
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000024-1248
Total time
2,645 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,402
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PILOT-FAILED TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB
Investigator remarks
NOT INST/NITE CURRENT.
Cause factors
- 84/A/J A MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/02 J PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Joint cause
- 68/J/D6 J PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Joint cause
- 76/J/AD J INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES ATTITUDE GYRO Joint cause
- 76/J/AE J INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES RATE OF CLIMB Joint cause
- 88/J/56 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INCORRECT TRIM SETTING Joint cause
- 88/J/62 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE 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 3972.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_3972.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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