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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X0163

1964-01-05 EASTON, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4533Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-22

Year of manufacture

1961 · 3 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5801A

Registrant of record

DAVIS TAYLOR M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4533Z Piper PA22 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 PA22 · N4533Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

A1

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

19

Age

49

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
80/C/BB C
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY 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 0050. Source file NTSB_1964_3_0050.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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