NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK79FVG50
Registry · N5061T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28R-200
Year of manufacture
1972 · 7 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19720501
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A652C7
Registrant of record
SULLIVAN PATRICK JAMES
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-28R · N5061T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
LINCOLN
Kind of flying
A1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
028R-7253188
Total time
5,073 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
43
Age
23
Cause factors
- 64/C/46 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
- 83/K/A K TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND 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 0859.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_0859.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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