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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI71FDW13

1970-08-25 NAPOLEON, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7028R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1966 · 4 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660511

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A95F7C

Registrant of record

CUCKLER JASON MICHAEL

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7028R 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 · N7028R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

MAULE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-21725

Total time

1,500 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

208

Age

57

Investigator remarks

LND IN CORNFIELD TO L OF UNLTD RWY.

Cause factors

64/A/33 A
PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/J/BI J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIGH VEGETATION Joint cause
88/J/13 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Joint cause

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 1266. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1266.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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