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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC69D0125

1968-07-21 MONROEVILLE, Pennsylvania, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5433Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-22-108

Year of manufacture

1961 · 7 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19611122

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6E5EA

Registrant of record

MOUTON CHARLES J JR

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5433Z Piper PA-22 Minor

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-22 · N5433Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

MONROEVILLE

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 3 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

1,933 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

59

Age

45

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
88/L/22 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH

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 2865. Source file NTSB_1968_3_2865.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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