NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC78FA025
Registry · N888CA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-46-310P
Year of manufacture
1984
Engine
CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20250715
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC3BC0
Registrant of record
INTERNATIONAL AIR SERVICES INC TRUSTEE
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
AERO COMDR 500B · N888CA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
E
Airport
HUTCHINSON
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
360° / 10 kt
Temp
30° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00001318-127
Total time
6,024 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,625
Age
24
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
MOVED FROM RWY AFT ACCIDENT.
Investigator remarks
WIND GUSTING TO 15KTS.FOOT HIGH PILES OF SNOW RE
Cause factors
- 64/A/35 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/80 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/H2 A PERSONNEL IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/A/BB A AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/75 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-WINDSHIELD 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 0286.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_0286.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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