NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI76AC075
Aircraft involved
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-30 · N7332Y
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
JOLIET MUNICIPAL
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
070° / 20 kt
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000030-380
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
3,688
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OVERSHOT RWY.EXCEEDED ACFT PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY.
Investigator remarks
PLNED PRATICE SINGLE ENG LDG WITH ENG FEATHERED.
Cause factors
- 88/C/85 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS Cause
- 64/B/33 B PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
- 64/B/20 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 88/B/22 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
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 2403.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_2403.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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