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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI75DEA13

1974-12-06 KOKOMO, Indiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9166P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-24-260

Year of manufacture

1966 · 8 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670906

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACB02D

Registrant of record

NEWMAN JEFFREY M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9166P 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 · N9166P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

L

Airport

KOKOMO

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

120° / 6 kt

Temp

36° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000024-4654

Total time

3,090 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

270

Age

35

Investigator remarks

IMPROPER SNOW REMOVAL.

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
64/B/07 B
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
68/K/H2 K
PERSONNEL IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL Joint factor
80/K/BD K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS 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 3978. Source file NTSB_1974_3_3978.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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