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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX82DUJ02

1981-10-22 SHOW LOW, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2425A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-44-180

Year of manufacture

2008

Engine

LYCOMING O-360-A1H6 (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20080508

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A23A75

Registrant of record

ATP AIRCRAFT 7 LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2425A Piper PA-38 None

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-38 · N2425A

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SHOW LOW

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

010° / 8 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0038-78A0681

Total time

2,126 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

32

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

W FUEL SEL ON NR EMPTY TNK.OTR TNK STILL FULL.

Investigator remarks

FOUND ARPT AFTER BCMG LOST/DISORIENTED.LOST PWR

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/19 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/20 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
88/B/07 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
64/L/03 L
PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED

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 3145. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3145.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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