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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK72FVW14

1971-09-30 BOULDER CITY, Nevada, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6493J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19680610

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A88974

Registrant of record

REISCHMANN JONATHAN

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6493J Piper PA-28 None

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 · N6493J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

BOULDER CITY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

330° / 27 kt

Temp

54° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000028-180

Total time

1,353 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

117

Age

31

Investigator remarks

60DEG L WIND,GUSTING 50K

Cause factors

64/C/33 C
PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
82/C/H C
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause
82/L/V L
WEATHER OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION

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 3786. Source file NTSB_1971_3_3786.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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