NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC75DCA21
Registry · N3094R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-32R-301T
Year of manufacture
2005
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
7 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20050815
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A343B5
Registrant of record
DRYGALA MARCIN M
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-28R · N3094R
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
KENNETT MEMORIAL
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
315° / 15 kt
Temp
33° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00028R-35661
Total time
2,880 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
542
Age
48
Investigator remarks
WINDSHIELD ICE ENRT.GUSTS TO 30K.
Cause factors
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 64/C/28 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
- 82/L/M L WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
- 88/L/75 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-WINDSHIELD
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 0437.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_0437.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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