NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI72FEE35
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-24 · N8702P
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
GREATER ROCKFORD
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000024-4148
Total time
3,099 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,909
Age
59
Investigator remarks
CRUISE FLT,CABIN DOOR OPENED AT TOP.
Cause factors
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/39 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/AL A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 4081.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_4081.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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