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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX82FVW01

1981-10-04 BOULDER CITY, Nevada, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9690K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19760413

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD7FF7

Registrant of record

SANTANA ALEXANDRE C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9690K Piper PA-28 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-28 · N9690K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

BOULDER CITY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

120° / 18 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7625190

Total time

2,340 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

470

Age

26

Investigator remarks

RUNWAY SLOPING DOWN 2.5%.

Cause factors

64/C/80 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
88/K/DH K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint factor

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 2442. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2442.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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