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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI73FEP51

1973-04-28 STURTEVANT, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5024T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1972 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19720426

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A64454

Registrant of record

MOORE JASON J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5024T 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 · N5024T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SYLVANIA AIRPORT

Kind of flying

DC

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

310° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7225320

Total time

202 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

288

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

GUSTING TO 26K.

Investigator remarks

STABILIZER HIT CK LIST SIGN 20 FT FROM RWY EDGE.

Cause factors

64/A/07 A
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/28 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/J/BY J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint cause
82/J/H J
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause

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 0947. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0947.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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