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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI71FDW39

1971-02-25 TROY, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7035Y

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

JOHNSON EDWARD E PEGASUS 912S

Year of manufacture

2005

Engine

ROTAX 912S (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20100114

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A962D1

Registrant of record

MAUNE JEFFREY A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

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-30 · N7035Y

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

BERZ

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000030-37

Total time

1,095 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

347

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MGD.

Investigator remarks

CABIN DOOR BLOWN OPEN DRG FNL APCH.WINGS,FLAPS D

Cause factors

  • 64/A/08 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/J/BF J
    AIRFRAME DOORS,DOOR FRAMES Joint cause
  • 88/J/29 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED 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 0901. Source file NTSB_1971_3_0901.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.