NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI76FEP39
Registry · N44553
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-140
Year of manufacture
1974 · 2 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19740813
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A56053
Registrant of record
MURRELL STANLEY D
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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-28 · N44553
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
SYLVANIA
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
050° / 5 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
0028-7425425
Total time
610 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
25
Age
16
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
N IMMEDIATE L TURN,LOST CTL.
Investigator remarks
OVR RWY,PLT BECAME AWARE OF OTR ACFT,INITIATED A
Cause factors
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/A/7 A MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 2761.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_2761.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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