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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI74AC005

1973-07-12 ELGIN, Illinois, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1226T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Year of manufacture

1972 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19720624

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A05E5C

Registrant of record

LINDE GLENN F JR

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1226T 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 · N1226T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Business

Airport

ELGIN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

87° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7205269

Total time

413 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

221

Age

25

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

2/3 DWN,84 FT L OF RWY.RWY 23 AVAIL FOR USE.

Investigator remarks

LDG RWY 18,DRIFTED L.HIT PICKUP TOWING MOWER ABT

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/C/07 C
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND Cause
64/B/28 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
68/L/C1 L
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT
68/L/H3 L
PERSONNEL IMPROPER OPERATION OF FACILITIES
88/K/13 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Joint factor
82/K/H K
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 3080. Source file NTSB_1973_3_3080.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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