NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK73FVG65
Registry · N2872D
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-32-300
Year of manufacture
1979
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790525
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2EA9E
Registrant of record
LEGGIO DAVID R
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
N.AMERICAN F-51D · N2872D
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
270° / 10 kt
Temp
86° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000045-11620
Total time
1,857 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,386
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
MAKE & MODEL LAST 90 DAYS.
Investigator remarks
STEEP PULL UP FRM LOW PASS.PLT HAD APRX 4HRS IN
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/02 J PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Joint cause
- 64/J/31 J PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 88/J/14 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING 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 1808.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_1808.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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