NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC75FER65
Registry · N6027Z
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172S
Year of manufacture
2006
Engine
LYCOMING IO-360-L2A (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20060413
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A7D212
Registrant of record
SPACELY SPACE SPROCKETS LLC
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-25 · N6027Z
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DJ
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000025-32
Total time
3,612 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
230
Age
27
Investigator remarks
DOWNWIND SWATH RUN.HIT TOP 1/4 OF TREE.
Cause factors
- 64/A/17 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/28 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/31 A PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
- 88/J/AQ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND 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 1549.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_1549.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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