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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI69F0446

1969-01-27 LONDON, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2005P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-23-150

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19560518

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A19518

Registrant of record

CIACCHI PIERCARLO

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2005P Piper PA-23 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-23 · N2005P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

D

Airport

MADISON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Total time

2,759 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

5,288

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.

Investigator remarks

PROBABLY SWITCHED OFF MAGS INSTEAD OF FUEL PUMPS

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/25 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
88/K/AQ K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint factor
64/1/44 1
PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION 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 3 0280. Source file NTSB_1969_3_0280.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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