NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK71FVG81
Registry · N9220J
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
WACO QCF-2
Year of manufacture
1931 · 40 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20001004
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ACC7F9
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 · N9220J
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
160° / 6 kt
Temp
57° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000028-3290
Total time
700 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
170
Age
18
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FROM VFR ON TOP.
Investigator remarks
HIT CLOUD COVERED MTN DURG DESCENT THRU OVERCAST
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/A A WEATHER LOW CEILING 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 1739.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_1739.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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