NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK69D0018
Registry · N6105W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-140
Year of manufacture
1964 · 4 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19640526
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A7F1DA
Registrant of record
BLACKWELL MARIO S
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 · N6105W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
SANTA NELLA
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 15 kt
Aircraft history
Total time
1,403 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
117
Age
26
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
E GEAR STRUCK HOLE OFF RNWY.
Investigator remarks
LEFT QUARTERING TAILWIND 15K GUSTING TO 20K. NOS
Cause factors
- 64/C/22 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
- 64/C/80 C PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
- 88/L/AQ L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
- 64/L/82 L PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
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 1630.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_1630.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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