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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC79FHA05

1978-12-16 BLAIRSTOWN, New Jersey, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N22CJ

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-30

Year of manufacture

1965 · 13 years old at event

TCDS

A1EA · PIPER AIRCRAFT INC

Engine

LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES (150 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1DEE3

Registrant of record

CLEVELAND ADAM

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N22CJ Piper PA-24 Minor

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-24 · N22CJ

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

D

Airport

BLAIRSTOWN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000024-358

Total time

2,455 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

680

Age

43

Investigator remarks

FUEL VALVES POSITIONED TO AUX TANKS.

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

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 3621. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3621.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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