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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI75FEG02

1974-07-13 HAMILTON, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N5179S 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 · N5179S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

D

Airport

HAMILTON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7105033

Total time

418 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

468

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CTNG RODS AND BEARNGS FAILD.

Investigator remarks

VAC PUMP NOT INSTALLED ON ENG ACCESSORY CASE. CN

Cause factors

68/C/D0 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
74/C/AC C
POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/C/81 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM Cause
83/B/F B
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
68/L/D5 L
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT)

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 2235. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2235.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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