Atlas / NTSB / MKC81FCG04

NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC81FCG04

1980-10-15 OZARK, Missouri, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7698C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-32R-300

Year of manufacture

1975 · 5 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

7 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19751208

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA666A

Registrant of record

98CHARLIE LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7698C Piper PA-32R None

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-32R · N7698C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

AIRPARK SOUTH

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

032R-7680059

Total time

1,507 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

14,200

Age

47

Cause factors

64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
82/L/X L
WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
80/K/BA K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY 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 2765. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2765.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Beyond the agency record

Search this event elsewhere.

Pre-filled searches into the sources where news + community discussion of aviation events lives. External sources are reported, not agency. Treat them as signal that something happened, not as fact about what happened.

TallyAero Live Wire Aviation press

Entity-clustered aviation events in the press — last 24 hr + 30-day archive.

NTSB CAROL Agency ↗

Official agency record + docket.

NTSB Docket Agency ↗

Investigative docket: factual reports, photos, transcripts.

Aviation Safety Network Aviation press ↗

Long-running aviation incident database (Flight Safety Foundation).

Kathryn's Report Aviation press ↗

Community NTSB synthesis blog — often has photos and witness reports.

Aviation Herald Aviation press ↗

Gold-standard aviation incident blog.