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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI68F0103

1967-06-30 FLUSHING, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7077W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Year of manufacture

1962 · 5 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19621030

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A971F1

Registrant of record

MCCLURE JARED B

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7077W Piper PA-28 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

PIPER PA-28 · N7077W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

DALTON

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

250° / 12 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,147 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

173

Age

22

Cause factors

70/C/CJ C
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2267. Source file NTSB_1967_3_2267.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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