NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK78DVA12
Registry · N41210
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-32-300
Year of manufacture
1974 · 3 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19731213
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4DE22
Registrant of record
FISHER JORDAN L
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-32 · N41210
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Day
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
HARRIS RANCH
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
0032-7440061
Total time
1,051 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
297
Age
37
Cause factors
- 64/C/25 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
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 3445.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_3445.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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