NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK68A0041
Registry · N9083Z
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-46-310P
Year of manufacture
1986
Engine
CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19860827
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC8FBD
Registrant of record
CALDER BROTHERS CORP
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
GRUMMAN TBM-3 · N9083Z
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
BIDWELL FIELD
Kind of flying
CB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
1,864 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,395
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TANKS.
Investigator remarks
FLT WAS TO DISPOSE OF UNWANTED FIRE RETARDENT IN
Cause factors
- 64/A/10 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR 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
2 0743.
Source file
NTSB_1967_2_0743.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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