NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA80FA044
Registry · N2333U
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOEING 777-300ER
Year of manufacture
2017
Engine
GE GE90-115B
Seats / Engines
552 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20170127
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A21679
Registrant of record
UNITED AIRLINES INC
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-28 · N2333U
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Day
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
100° / 7 kt
Temp
60° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0028-7911299
Total time
55 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
IA (IA)
Total hours
300
Age
55
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
8/27/80.
Investigator remarks
WX BRIEFED VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED.RECOVERY DATE
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN 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 1853.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_1853.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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