NTSB CAROL · Event
Event UNK66X0107
Registry · N7904C
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-235
Year of manufacture
1976
Engine
LYCOMING O-540-B4B5 (235 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20140207
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AABAEC
Registrant of record
VAUGHT JON M
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
DEHAVILAND DHC-2 · N7904C
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Total time
8,032 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
10,599
Age
50
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ORT OPERATION
Investigator remarks
FAA REPORT.NO FOREIGN GOVERNMENT REPORT.OFF AIRP
Cause factors
- 65/1/35 1 COPILOT Subordinate · 1
- 83/1/E 1 TERRAIN HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS Subordinate · 1
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
6 0081.
Source file
NTSB_1965_6_0081.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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