NTSB CAROL · Event
Event UNK64X3673
Registry · N5357W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-160
Year of manufacture
1962 · 2 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19620302
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6C662
Registrant of record
JONES MICHAEL A
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 · N5357W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
LAUREL MUNICIPAL
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
766 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
400
Age
43
Cause factors
- 64/A/25 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 2687.
Source file
NTSB_1964_3_2687.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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