NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI74FEE06
Registry · N2528S
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-18-150
Year of manufacture
1979
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790625
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2626D
Registrant of record
SCOLA KEVIN M
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
CESSNA 337 · N2528S
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Business
Airport
GREATER ROCKFORD
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 6 kt
Temp
72° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000337-0828
Total time
1,855 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,695
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TH.ACFT WOULDNT CLIMB,HIT TREES.GR IN DOWN POS.
Investigator remarks
UN START REAR ENG.ATTMPTD TKOF REAR PROP NOT FEA
Cause factors
- 64/A/33 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/11 J PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2179.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_2179.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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