NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC66A0056
Registry · N2802P
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BUCKEYE DREAM MACHINE
Engine
ROTAX 582SER (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20071117
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2D0A7
Registrant of record
CRAWFORD ROCKY D
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
PIPER PA-22 · N2802P
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
190° / 8 kt
Temp
61° F
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
114
Age
37
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/66 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN 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
2 0384.
Source file
NTSB_1966_2_0384.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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