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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC69D0298

1969-01-05 NORTH CONWAY, New Hampshire, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9641J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670202

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD6D86

Registrant of record

CHEROKEE 9641J FLYING CLUB LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9641J Piper PA-28 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-28 · N9641J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

WHITE MOUNTAIN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

440 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

137

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SNOW ON RNWY 16 IN DEEP.

Investigator remarks

RT MAGNETO DISTRIBUTOR GEAR HAD A BROKEN TOOTH.

Cause factors

74/C/BA C
POWERPLANT MAGNETOS Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
80/B/BC B
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 0081. Source file NTSB_1969_3_0081.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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