NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD79IA039
Registry · N14BC
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA 46-350P
TCDS
A25SO · PIPER AIRCRAFT INC
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0A073
Registrant of record
YOUNG DAVID K
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
LEAR 24B · N14BC
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Business
Airport
GREENSBORO HIGHPT
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000209
Total time
4,495 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
8,000
Age
48
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
GED PERIODICALLY W/O ELECTRICAL INPUT.
Investigator remarks
ELEVATOR PITCH SERVO ELECTROMAGNETIC CLUTCH ENGA
Cause factors
- 75/A/CK A SYSTEMS FLIGHT CONTROL BOOST SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/77 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS 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
5 0003.
Source file
NTSB_1979_5_0003.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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