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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI76FEC10

1975-09-06 NAPOLEON, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N56161

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Year of manufacture

1973 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19730705

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A72DE5

Registrant of record

OHMART JEFFREY A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N56161 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 · N56161

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

BELFORD-MAULE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

51° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7305544

Total time

1,176 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

64

Age

26

Investigator remarks

HIT N41392, SUBSTANTIAL DMG.

Cause factors

64/C/50 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause

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 3270. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3270.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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