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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC78FHA17

1978-02-22 EASTON, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2265Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-32-300

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19770307

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1FA61

Registrant of record

MYL HIGH FLYING CLUB 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 · N2265Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

EASTON-BRADEN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

315° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0032-7740048

Total time

116 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,948

Age

45

Cause factors

  • 74/C/KA C
    POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
  • 80/K/BD K
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS Joint factor
  • 88/K/DH K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint factor
  • 88/K/DF K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE Joint factor

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 0320. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0320.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.