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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI74FEE14

1973-08-18 NAPERVILLE, Illinois, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2401A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 182T

Year of manufacture

2006

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20060216

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2327B

Registrant of record

WHITE PAT J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2401A Piper PA-22 Minor

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-22 · N2401A

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

CLOW

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

220° / 6 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000022-770

Total time

988 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

959

Age

54

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

R 4 CYL INOP.42.8HR SINCE TOPPED-CHROME CYL.

Investigator remarks

NR 2 CYL WEAK COMP,NR 3 NONE.BOTTOM SPARK PLUG N

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/AE C
POWERPLANT PISTON,PISTON RINGS Cause
74/C/BC C
POWERPLANT SPARK PLUG Cause
83/B/D B
TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION

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 2097. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2097.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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