NTSB CAROL · Event
Event UNK64X1466
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 PA28 · N7068W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
TANGER
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Pilot
Certificate
B2 (B2)
Total hours
1,355
Age
244
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PPROACHING DARKNESS
Investigator remarks
PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE TO WEATHER AHEAD AND A
Cause factors
- 64/C/46 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING 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 1040.
Source file
NTSB_1964_3_1040.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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