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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA79DYA06

1978-12-18 DRIGGS, Idaho, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5285P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20R

Year of manufacture

1996

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19960329

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6A9BB

Registrant of record

BURGGRAAF MARK

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5285P Piper PA-24 None

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-24 · N5285P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

TETON PEAKS

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

36° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000024-324

Total time

2,076 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

327

Age

44

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
80/L/BC L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 3434. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3434.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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