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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC79FNA01

1978-10-05 MARLBORO, Massachusetts, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6006U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7CA7C

Registrant of record

FAITH PETER E

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 · N6006U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C4

Operator type

D

Airport

MARLBORO

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-BELOW 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

000002826907

Total time

4,525 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

118

Age

28

Investigator remarks

PAX BRACED LEG AGAINST L RUDDER.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/A/K4 A
    PERSONNEL PASSENGER Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/77 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/06 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF 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 3327. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3327.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.