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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI72DEE44

1971-10-30 ROCKFORD, Illinois, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N757UG

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-32-260

Year of manufacture

1967 · 4 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670331

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA35D3

Registrant of record

2LYONS ENTERPRISES LLC

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-32 · N757UG

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

COTTONWOOD

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000032-862

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

832

Age

22

Investigator remarks

R WING DMGD.

Cause factors

  • 66/A/49 A
    DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/30 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/1/AW 1
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT 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 3890. Source file NTSB_1971_3_3890.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.