NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK68D0382
Registry · N5166L
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-180
Year of manufacture
1967 · 1 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19671110
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A67AEE
Registrant of record
EVANS JEFFRY
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 · N5166L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
CHICO MUNICIPAL
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
270 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
18
Age
36
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LDG SHORT OF THE RNWY.
Investigator remarks
PLT EXTENDED DOWNWIND TOO FAR,BECAME CONFUSED,AT
Cause factors
- 64/A/45 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/67 A PILOT IN COMMAND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/35 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/1/AW 1 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1
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 1250.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_1250.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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