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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI76FEM42

1976-05-20 SPARTA, Michigan, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N98045

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER J3C-65

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADAE26

Registrant of record

KLIEN JAMES M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N98045 Piper J-3 Serious

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 J-3 · N98045

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

POPES STRIP

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

250° / 17 kt

Temp

73° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000018192

Total time

2,170 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,025

Age

46

Investigator remarks

LNDD IN SWAMP.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/01 C
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/DE C
POWERPLANT PUMP-PRESSURE Cause
88/C/CL C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PRESSURE TOO LOW Cause
83/B/A B
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND

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 1277. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1277.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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