NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA71DYA33
Registry · N1172P
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-23
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19980219
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A048E0
Registrant of record
STEED WILLIAM B
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-23 · N1172P
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Day
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C4
Operator type
D
Airport
ANDERSON RANCH
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000023-186
Total time
3,303 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,510
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
LPNG FULL PWR.MIXTURES RICH.FLD ELEV 4465FT MSL.
Investigator remarks
1800FT WET GRASS STRIP.PLT DID NOT THINK ENGS DV
Cause factors
- 64/A/06 A PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/W J WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE Joint cause
- 80/J/BA J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY 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 2687.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_2687.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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