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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI70D0334

1969-10-07 STURTEVANT, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1863J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1968 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19680227

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A159C0

Registrant of record

GROSS PETER J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1863J 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 · N1863J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SYLVANIA

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

240° / 13 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-24302

Total time

699 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

25

Age

42

Investigator remarks

GUSTS TO 17K.

Cause factors

64/C/50 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED Cause
64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 2779. Source file NTSB_1969_3_2779.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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