NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC74AN044
Registry · N9DC
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-44-180T
Year of manufacture
1982
Engine
LYCOMING (L)TO 360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20041221
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC6AC8
Registrant of record
COLEMAN JET SOLUTIONS 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
PIPER PA-28 · N9DC
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Aircraft history
Serial number
000028-24878
Total time
2,619 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
168
Age
19
Investigator remarks
FLEW INTO 60DEG SLOPE RISING TERRAIN.
Cause factors
- 64/A/33 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/D J WEATHER SNOW Joint cause
- 82/J/G J WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING Joint cause
- 82/J/M J WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint 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 3719.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_3719.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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