NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC72AK053
Registry · N375C
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA32-301XTC
Year of manufacture
2003
Engine
LYCOMING TIO 540 SER (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
7 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20031004
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A44690
Registrant of record
THORNHILL JARED WAYNE
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
BEECH D18S · N375C
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EC
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
130° / 14 kt
Temp
6° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000A-600
Total time
7,978 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
5,079
Age
46
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
13 IN ACFT.APC TRSMT 29.75.WASNT WEARING GLASSES.
Investigator remarks
HIT PWR LINES ON VOR APCH.ALTS SET 30.89 AND 30.
Cause factors
- 64/A/26 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/20 J PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Joint cause
- 88/J/11 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ Joint cause
- 88/J/01 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 0581.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_0581.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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