NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC79DCG54
Registry · N4TW
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
TIMOTHY D WIENS CCX-2000
Year of manufacture
2020
Engine
LYCOMING CC363I (186 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20200602
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4A9AD
Registrant of record
WIENS TIMOTHY D
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
PITTS S2 · N4TW
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
GARNETT MUNICIPAL
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
090° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000001
Total time
110 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
380
Age
29
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
KED ON RWY BY FARMER.
Investigator remarks
COLLIDED WITH UNATTENDED,UNMARKED MOTORCYCLE PAR
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/J/K5 J PERSONNEL DRIVER OF VEHICLE 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 1371.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_1371.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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