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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD79FA033

1979-02-23 BALTIMORE, Maryland, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6123A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-6A

Year of manufacture

2006

Engine

LYCOMING O-320-H2AD (160 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20061021

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7F8EE

Registrant of record

THOMAS K DORIS

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6123A Piper PA-31T Fatal

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-31T · N6123A

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

Marginal VMC

Phase of flight

ED

Operator type

Business

Airport

BLT-WASH INTL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OBSCURATION

Wind

070° / 7 kt

Temp

40° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

031T-7804008

Total time

180 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

6,522

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

I TRAILING 1500FT OF WIRE.

Investigator remarks

HIT WIRES DRG APCH TO MARTIN ARPT,DIVERTED TO BW

Cause factors

64/C/26 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause
84/B/G B
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS
82/L/A L
WEATHER LOW CEILING
82/L/C L
WEATHER FOG

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 2872. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2872.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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