NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC79FA046
Registry · N208MA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-46-600TP
Year of manufacture
2018
Engine
P&W CANADA PT6A-42A (850 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20180606
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1B0CF
Registrant of record
GRIFFIN CONSTRUCTION CO
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
MITSUBISHI MU-2B · N208MA
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Business
Airport
HAYS MUNICIPAL
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 14 kt
Temp
81° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000016
Total time
3,560 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,168
Age
34
Investigator remarks
FORWARD MAIN SHAFT BEARING,SN P61208,FAILED.
Cause factors
- 74/C/MI C POWERPLANT BEARING,ROTOR SHAFT Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 64/B/27 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
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 2769.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_2769.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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