NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI67A0074
Registry · N24133
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-38-112
Year of manufacture
1979
Engine
LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790614
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A23693
Registrant of record
PHELPS CHARLES R
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
BENSEN B8-M · N24133
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
I
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
CASS COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
360° / 4 kt
Temp
30° F
Aircraft history
Total time
15 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
18
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
DESIGN INSTRUCTIONS SPECIFIED.BLADE FAILD DOWNWRD
Investigator remarks
IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LDG GR WAS MORE RIGID THAN
Cause factors
- 78/C/AA C ROTORCRAFT MAIN ROTOR BLADES Cause
- 88/C/94 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause
- 88/J/49 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT 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 1174.
Source file
NTSB_1966_2_1174.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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