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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI73FEC13

1972-10-29 FLUSHING, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1648J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19671211

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A10403

Registrant of record

MILAN AIR SERVICE INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1648J 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 · N1648J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B2

Operator type

D

Airport

DALTON

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-24041

Total time

1,906 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

55

Age

59

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

COLLIDED WITH HOUSE

Investigator remarks

HAND PROP START OF UNSECURED ACFT RUNAWAY ACFT

Cause factors

64/A/33 A
PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/36 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/37 A
PILOT IN COMMAND STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT 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 3239. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3239.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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