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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX82DUJ21

1981-12-17 SHOW LOW, Arizona, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9404J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Year of manufacture

1966 · 15 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660810

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD1015

Registrant of record

YOSHISKI JARED

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9404J Piper PA-28 Minor

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-28 · N9404J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

SHOW LOW CITY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

20° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000028-3510

Total time

1,432 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

278

Age

44

Investigator remarks

FROST ON WINGS.

Cause factors

64/A/29 A
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/74 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE 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 3 3495. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3495.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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