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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC71DFG16

1971-03-17 LACONIA, New Hampshire, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9394J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Year of manufacture

1966 · 5 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660720

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD0A05

Registrant of record

MILLIGAN STEPHEN K

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9394J 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 · N9394J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

LACONIA

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

270° / 8 kt

Temp

40° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000028-3497

Total time

1,382 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

12

Age

29

Investigator remarks

2ND SOLO FLT.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
68/C/C1 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT Cause

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 0961. Source file NTSB_1971_3_0961.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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