NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC80IA086
Registry · N481A
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-181
Year of manufacture
2013
Engine
LYCOMING O-360-A4M (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20131209
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A5EC50
Registrant of record
ARCHER AIRCRAFT 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
NORD 262 · N481A
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
E
Airport
PHILADELPHIA INTL
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Temp
62° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
Z
Total time
16,613 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Age
33
Investigator remarks
NOSE GR FAILED FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.
Cause factors
- 84/A/I A MISCELLANEOUS UNDETERMINED Cause — pilot/personnel action
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
5 0048.
Source file
NTSB_1980_5_0048.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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