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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI77FEK16

1977-05-09 NEWARK, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N6406W 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 · N6406W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

NEWARK HEATH

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

200° / 13 kt

Temp

49° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-20474

Total time

1,780 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

110

Age

54

Cause factors

70/C/CF C
AIRFRAME WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
64/K/22 K
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Joint factor
88/L/91 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 2635. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2635.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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