NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC70F0065
Registry · N81223
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-32-300
Year of manufacture
1979
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19791023
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB1384
Registrant of record
EAT AVIATION LLC
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
FAIRCHILD 24R · N81223
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
BATH-HAMONDSPORT
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000R46124
Total time
523 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
739
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
APRX 4FT HIGH ABT 20FT FROM APCH END OF RWY.
Investigator remarks
PWR APCH,TAIL WHEEL HIT TOP ROW OF CINDER BLOCKS
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/H1 A PERSONNEL FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/A/BE A AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 2916.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_2916.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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