NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI73FEE62
Registry · N8014N
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-140
Year of manufacture
1968 · 5 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19681203
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AAE885
Registrant of record
LAMBERT DANIEL V
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-28 · N8014N
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
NAPER-AERO
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
210° / 13 kt
Temp
81° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000028-25256
Total time
2,819 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
353
Age
23
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
N RESTART ENG.FIELD PREPARED FOR PLANTING.
Investigator remarks
CFI SIMULATED ENG FAILURE WITH MIXTURE CONTROL.U
Cause factors
- 64/C/27 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/C/21 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
- 88/C/85 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS Cause
- 83/B/A B TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 1698.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_1698.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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