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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK65X0647

1964-11-10 WESTHAMPTON, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4189A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA32-301XTC

Year of manufacture

2003

Engine

LYCOMING TIO 540 SER (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

7 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20031024

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4F56C

Registrant of record

PELTON AG INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4189A BEECHCRAFT T34 None

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

BEECHCRAFT T34 · N4189A

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

L

Airport

SUFFOLK AFB

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

3,535 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

140

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PILOT-ATTMPT TKEOFF WITH CONCRT BLOK ATTCH TO AC.

Cause factors

84/A/J A
MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE 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 3451. Source file NTSB_1964_3_3451.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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