NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA68D0189
Registry · N4546A
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ALLIANT AVIATION ALLIANT PARACRAFT
Year of manufacture
2005
Engine
ROTAX 582DCDI (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20071217
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A58423
Registrant of record
YARBER ROBERT B III
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-22 · N4546A
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
AURORA
Kind of flying
A1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
340° / 5 kt
Aircraft history
Total time
1,344 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
37
Age
53
Investigator remarks
CRASHED TO LEFT OF RNWY.
Cause factors
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/82 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/13 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/22 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH 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 4414.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_4414.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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