NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC73DER54
Registry · N3393D
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-32-300
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19690325
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A3BA03
Registrant of record
FISCUS RONALD E III
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 180 · N3393D
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000180-32191
Total time
2,370 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
374
Age
54
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
M END OF STREET ENG STARTED OPERATING.
Investigator remarks
BALLOONED LDG,THROTTLE OPEN,NO PWR.ABT 300FT FRO
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/C/03 C PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Cause
- 64/C/21 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
- 83/B/F B TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
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 1606.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_1606.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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