NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA81FA012
Registry · N114PH
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 208B
Year of manufacture
2008
Engine
P&W CANADA PT6A-114A (675 hp)
Seats / Engines
12 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20220326
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A03C5C
Registrant of record
PACIFIC AIR HOLDINGS LLC
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-34 · N114PH
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
0034-7970450
Total time
537 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
6,500
Age
28
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
G CONDITIONS. RECOVERY DATE 12/23/80.
Investigator remarks
GYRO INSTRUMENT SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED DURING ICIN
Cause factors
- 76/A/AY A INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 75/A/JB A SYSTEMS VACUUM SYSTEM Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/74 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
- 82/J/F J WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Joint cause
- 82/J/L J WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS 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 3240.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3240.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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