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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI75FEG16

1975-03-20 CINCINNATI, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N56977

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1973 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19731024

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A74BC6

Registrant of record

EVANS HOLLAND L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N56977 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 · N56977

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

LUNKEN

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

250° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000007425076

Total time

1,025 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

22

Age

26

Investigator remarks

ACFT PORPOISED.

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/B/62 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 0743. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0743.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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