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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC67D0675

1966-12-30 GREENVILLE, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8274X

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-236

Year of manufacture

1980

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19800926

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB4DD6

Registrant of record

BROWN ARCHIE W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8274X Cessna 172C 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

CESSNA 172C · N8274X

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

270° / 10 kt

Temp

30° F

Aircraft history

Total time

642 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

253

Age

26

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
64/B/53 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
82/L/G L
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING
88/K/22 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH Joint factor
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 4397. Source file NTSB_1966_3_4397.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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