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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X1087

1964-03-29 VERA CRUZ, MX, Mexico Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8086E

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-181

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790829

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB02C4

Registrant of record

COKER CHADWICK DARYL

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8086E Navion D Fatal

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

NAVION D · N8086E

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

COATZACOALCOS

Kind of flying

B0

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

166

Age

48

Investigator remarks

FAA REPORT AND REPORT FROM MEXICAN GOVERNMENT

Cause factors

64/1/16 1
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Subordinate · 1

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 6 0067. Source file NTSB_1964_6_0067.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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