NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC71FCD84
Registry · N9599C
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-32-300
Year of manufacture
1978
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19780321
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD59AC
Registrant of record
DOMENICO JOSEPH A
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
GRUMMAN TBM-3E · N9599C
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000006728
Total time
1,274 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
12,871
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
COCKPIT,CAUSE UNK,DRAPED OVER AFT CTL SURFACES.
Investigator remarks
CANOPY WAS OPEN.PLTS CHUTE DEPLOYED FROM WITHIN
Cause factors
- 84/A/G A MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/77 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS 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 4041.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_4041.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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