NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK72FJA11
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 · N774FC
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000028-23336
Total time
3,190 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
72
Age
21
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
S BEFORE IMPACT,WAS WAY RT OF INTENDED CRSE.
Investigator remarks
RECOVERED 12/8/71 IN LAVA BED. PLT HAD REQ DF PO
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/03 J PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
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 3385.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_3385.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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