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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI75DEC06

1974-07-26 FLUSHING, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7605P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-24-250

Year of manufacture

1968 · 6 years old at event

Engine

AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19681025

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA449D

Registrant of record

KIENLE RICHARD L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7605P 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 · N7605P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

DALTON

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 7 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000024-2816

Total time

2,118 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

177

Age

49

Investigator remarks

RWY DN SLOPE.

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/C/82 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

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 2477. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2477.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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