NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC77FCA08
Registry · N3982X
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28R-200
Year of manufacture
1975 · 2 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19750820
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4A335
Registrant of record
SAUVE TIFFANY 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
PIPER PA-28R · N3982X
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
D
Airport
SPRT OF ST LOUIS
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
350° / 13 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
5028R-753538
Total time
997 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,129
Age
23
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
MULATED INSTRUMENT TAKEOFF.
Investigator remarks
STUDENT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE MAKING SI
Cause factors
- 66/C/79 C DUAL STUDENT Cause
- 64/C/30 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
- 64/B/81 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
- 64/L/55 L PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT
- 80/L/BD L AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS
- 82/K/H K WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 0005.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_0005.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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