NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA67A0043
Registry · N8253H
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-34-200T
Year of manufacture
1980
Engine
CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER (225 hp)
Seats / Engines
7 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19800819
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB4637
Registrant of record
AOM AIRCRAFT LLC
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
CALLAIR A-9 · N8253H
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DJ
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CA
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
751 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
17,517
Age
58
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
MP STUDENT PERMIT AWAITING MED FLT TEST.
Investigator remarks
COMM PLT LOWER R LEG AMPUTATED IN 1965,ISSUED TE
Cause factors
- 84/A/0 A MISCELLANEOUS BIRD COLLISION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/B/08 B PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
- 88/L/79 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SUNGLARE
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
2 0809.
Source file
NTSB_1966_2_0809.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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