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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI76FEE38

1976-01-26 ELGIN, Illinois, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N55529

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19730420

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A714BE

Registrant of record

CARROZZELLA CHRISTOPHER

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N55529 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 · N55529

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

ELGIN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

300° / 11 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7305407

Total time

38 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

72

Age

19

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T/D.

Investigator remarks

ACFT APRD TO FLOAT ABT HALF WAY DWN THE RWY BFR

Cause factors

64/C/80 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/B/82 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
80/L/BC L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
80/K/BD K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS Joint factor
88/K/DH K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 0007. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0007.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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