NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK78DJA10
Registry · N101MA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-31-350
Year of manufacture
1977 · 1 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
8 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19771008
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0097F
Registrant of record
PABLO AIR CHARTERS LLC
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
EMAIR MA1B · N101MA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
MAUNALOA NUT CORP
Kind of flying
CB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
070° / 5 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000-001
Total time
551 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
16,215
Age
54
Investigator remarks
LEFT BRAKE WEAK,ACFT FERTILIZING MACADAMIAN NUTS
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 70/L/CJ L AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
- 88/L/47 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT
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 1146.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_1146.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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