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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI75FEC32

1975-01-02 TROY, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N55580 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 · N55580

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

GRAND PRIX

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

170° / 4 kt

Temp

28° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00028-73254X

Total time

1,494 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,135

Age

23

Investigator remarks

QUICK DRAIN MISSING.

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/CJ C
POWERPLANT VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS Cause
88/C/90 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISSING Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
83/B/B B
TERRAIN SNOW-COVERED

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 0030. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0030.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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