NTSB CAROL · Event
Event UNK64X3080
Registry · N41487
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-181
Year of manufacture
1998
Engine
LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C (200 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19980928
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4E68C
Registrant of record
SKYWEST LEASING INC
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 J3C-65 · N41487
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CA
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
2,545 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
39
Age
21
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ATH RUN ALT DUE TO MALFUNCTION OF SPRAY EQUIPMENT.
Investigator remarks
ACCIDENT OCCURED AS PILOT CIRCLED FIELD ABOVE SW
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/33 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 76/J/CA J INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES SPRAY,DUSTING EQUIPMENT 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
2 1015.
Source file
NTSB_1964_2_1015.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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