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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI75FEI11

1974-08-09 WADSWORTH, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5512W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-150

Year of manufacture

1962 · 12 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19620517

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A705D5

Registrant of record

MOY JACK M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5512W 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 · N5512W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

WELTZIEN-SKYPARK

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

64° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000112878-27

Total time

2,553 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

650

Age

24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LITY POLE.

Investigator remarks

FUEL QUICK DRAIN VALVE FOUND IN OPEN PSN.HIT UTI

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

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 3019. Source file NTSB_1974_3_3019.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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