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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI68F0727

1968-05-06 WAYNESVILLE, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5080W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-160

Year of manufacture

1961 · 7 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19610915

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A65A15

Registrant of record

MATZKE KEVIN T

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5080W 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 · N5080W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

WAYNESVILLE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

090° / 4 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

2,036 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

219

Age

49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CENT RAINS.

Investigator remarks

NOSE WHEEL STRUCK SOFT SPOT IN RNWY CAUSED BY RE

Cause factors

68/C/H4 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER INSPECTION OF FACILITIES Cause
80/C/BY C
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 0991. Source file NTSB_1968_3_0991.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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