NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK71FVG63
Registry · N9028P
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-24-260
Year of manufacture
1966 · 5 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19660603
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC7A18
Registrant of record
BRAY NICK R TRUSTEE
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-24 · N9028P
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
SUTTER CO
Kind of flying
A2
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-BELOW 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000024-4490
Total time
1,237 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
8,802
Age
54
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
WHEELS UP,SLID OUT OF FOAM ON FOAMED RWY.
Investigator remarks
RETRACTED GR AFT HARD LDG,UN EXTEND NOSE GR.LNDD
Cause factors
- 66/C/25 C DUAL STUDENT Cause
- 64/C/30 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
- 70/B/CA B AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC.
- 88/C/94 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause
- 88/B/DG B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP
- 88/K/27 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY Joint factor
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 1267.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_1267.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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