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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA81DKJ09

1981-05-29 PANAMA CITY, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2379G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-38-112

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790124

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2261B

Registrant of record

DESSELLE HOWARD J III

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2379G 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 · N2379G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B0

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

PANAMA CITY

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000079-0509

Total time

943 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

142

Age

19

Cause factors

64/A/79 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL 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 2160. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2160.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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