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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI73FEC37

1973-05-19 FLUSHING, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8882W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-235

Year of manufacture

1964 · 9 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19770516

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC3E40

Registrant of record

FLEET JAMES REGINALD JR

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8882W 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 · N8882W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

DALTON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-10441

Total time

871 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,120

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ON DOWN SLOPE OF RWY CROSSED SERVICE ROAD.

Investigator remarks

RWY 1850FT MOWED GRASS WET WITH DEW.ACFT ROLLED

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/C/82 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

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 1506. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1506.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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