NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA74AM059
Registry · N7779T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-32RT-300T
Year of manufacture
1978
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
7 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19780830
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA86AD
Registrant of record
DAVIDSON THAD
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
CESSNA 172A · N7779T
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
080° / 12 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000047379
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
100
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RPTD OVR HOUSES AT TREE TOP LVL.
Investigator remarks
PLT HAD FLOWN BEYOND DEST ARPT BY ABT 20 MI.ACFT
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/03 A PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/08 J PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
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 0120.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_0120.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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