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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC77FHA33

1977-08-25 MT.POCONA, Pennsylvania, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4023W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

WSK-PZL WARZAWA-OKECIE PZL-104 WILGA 80

Year of manufacture

1991

Engine

WSK-PZL PZL AI-14 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19920303

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4B6E5

Registrant of record

KINGFISHER 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

PIPER PA-32 · N4023W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

300° / 5 kt

Temp

63° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000032-40035

Total time

2,614 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

13,000

Age

63

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

REES SHORT OF COURSE.

Investigator remarks

PILOT ATTEMPTED FORCED LDNG ON GOLF COURSE.HIT T

Cause factors

  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/19 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 88/L/03 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE

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 2528. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2528.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.