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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC82DHA02

1981-10-22 PRINCETON, New Jersey, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N38205

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-32R-300

Year of manufacture

1977 · 4 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

7 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19770601

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4652E

Registrant of record

ALBRIGHT JOHN A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N38205 Piper PA-32R None

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-32R · N38205

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

PRINCETON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

032R-7780403

Total time

1,100 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

619

Age

41

Investigator remarks

HIT DEER ON DARK NGT.

Cause factors

84/A/3 A
MISCELLANEOUS ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP 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 3 2887. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2887.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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