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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI70DBD10

1970-01-20 NAPERVILLE, Illinois, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8303P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-44-180T

Year of manufacture

1980

Engine

LYCOMING T0-360 SER (210 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19801209

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB5B29

Registrant of record

KH AND G LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8303P Piper PA-24 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-24 · N8303P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

NAPER

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

300° / 6 kt

Temp

-3° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000003555

Total time

982 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

446

Age

39

Investigator remarks

RWY HARD PACKED SNOW COVERED WITH ICE.

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
80/L/BB L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY
64/L/35 L
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN

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 0356. Source file NTSB_1970_3_0356.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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