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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI76FEC09

1975-08-20 BLISSFIELD, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N40782

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER J3F-65

Year of manufacture

1941 · 34 years old at event

Engine

FRANKLIN 4AC176B SER (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560422

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4CA2D

Registrant of record

REGISTRATION PENDING

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N40782 Piper J3F-65 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 J3F-65 · N40782

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

BETZ

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

040° / 4 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000007496

Total time

4,514 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

125

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LD AND STRUCK STANDING CORN IN ADJ FLD.

Investigator remarks

LOST CTL AFTR BOUNCED LNDG ACFT ENTRD SOY BEAN F

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/B/79 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
83/K/D K
TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION 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 2543. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2543.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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