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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI73FEI34

1973-03-19 WADSWORTH, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8298P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-24-250

Year of manufacture

1963 · 10 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19630312

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB55C8

Registrant of record

BAUMANN CHRISTOPHER

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8298P Piper PA-24 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-24 · N8298P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Business

Airport

WADSWORTH MUN

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

315° / 15 kt

Temp

30° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000024-3234

Total time

1,512 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

429

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ST MVD O RING EXPSD FLUID LKD.L WHEEL HIT SNW RDG.

Investigator remarks

INST FLT INSTR.R BRAKE LININGS P/N752308 WORN PI

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
68/C/H2 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL Cause
70/C/CJ C
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause
80/K/BC K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY 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 0616. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0616.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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