NTSB CAROL · Event
Event UNK64X2535
Registry · N5791W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-160
Year of manufacture
1964 · 0 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19640515
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A77268
Registrant of record
MOTTA RON DBA
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 PA28 · N5791W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
LACONIA
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
78 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
39
Age
35
Cause factors
- 64/C/25 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
- 64/C/62 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING Cause
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
- 88/3/AW 3 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3
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 1852.
Source file
NTSB_1964_3_1852.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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