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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI72FEE47

1971-11-27 ELGIN, Illinois, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3847M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-12

Year of manufacture

1947 · 24 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560525

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A46D7F

Registrant of record

CROSSWINDS STOL INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3847M Piper PA-12 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-12 · N3847M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

ELGIN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

330° / 15 kt

Temp

32° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000012-2758

Total time

967 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

787

Age

67

Investigator remarks

LND IN CORN FLD. SWERVED TO AVOID FENCE.

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
82/C/G C
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING Cause
84/B/7 B
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
88/B/DF B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE
83/K/Y K
TERRAIN OTHER Joint factor

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 3697. Source file NTSB_1971_3_3697.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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