NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD79FA092
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 · N6378Y
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
Business
Airport
GREENSBORO-HIGHPT
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
240° / 4 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000027-3659
Total time
3,225 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
892
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SED OUT.FATAL CARDIAC ARREST 10.5HR LATER.
Investigator remarks
CRASHED INSIDE OM DRG ILS APCH.PLT STATED HE PAS
Cause factors
- 64/A/64 A PILOT IN COMMAND INCAPACITATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/65 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/65 J PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Joint cause
- 88/J/62 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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 3344.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_3344.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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