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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI69D0021

1968-04-21 JUNEAU, Wisconsin, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4283J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1967 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670202

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A51C21

Registrant of record

BENNETT TIM M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4283J Piper PA-28 Minor

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 · N4283J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

DODGE COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

260° / 15 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Total time

845 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

234

Age

48

Investigator remarks

ENCOUNTERED GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS ON FINAL.

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
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 1712. Source file NTSB_1968_3_1712.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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