NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC78FCD19
Registry · N2DP
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-32-300
Year of manufacture
1973 · 5 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19730425
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A18DAA
Registrant of record
GREAT CIRCLE FLYING CLUB INC
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-32 · N2DP
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
WASHINGTON
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0032-7340112
Total time
1,802 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
522
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FRM ENG FOUND IN GOV.ENG CRANKCASE HAD BEEN WELDED
Investigator remarks
PROP WENT TO HIGH PITCH ON TKOF.METAL PARTICLES
Cause factors
- 74/C/FG C POWERPLANT GOVERNORS Cause
- 88/C/CF C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause
- 83/B/A B TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND
- 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 1199.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_1199.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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