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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA81IA045

1981-06-30 HAILEY, Idaho, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3516A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-31-350

Year of manufacture

1979 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

8 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19790420

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3EBAF

Registrant of record

AIRPLANE 2 LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3516A Piper PA-31 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-31 · N3516A

Damage

Minor

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

E

Airport

FRIEDMAN MEMORIAL

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

240° / 4 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0031-7952106

Total time

1,739 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

3,617

Age

30

Investigator remarks

PLT SAID HE WAS VERY TIRED.

Cause factors

64/A/10 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/03 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE Joint cause
88/J/62 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE 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 5 0067. Source file NTSB_1981_5_0067.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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