NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC78FA091
Registry · N40MA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA46-500TP
Year of manufacture
2008
Engine
P&W CANADA PT6A-42A (850 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20080530
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4AB5C
Registrant of record
INDIA JULIET MIKE 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
AERO COMDR 500S · N40MA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Business
Airport
TAYLOR-VAN GELDER
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
PARTIAL OBSCURATION
Wind
230° / 8 kt
Temp
74° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000003234
Total time
800 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
6,300
Age
51
Investigator remarks
AIRCRAFT APPROACH TOWARD RISING TERRAIN.
Cause factors
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 82/L/V L WEATHER OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION
- 83/L/Y L TERRAIN OTHER
- 88/L/79 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SUNGLARE
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 4028.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_4028.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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