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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI78DEX29

1978-08-01 LAFAYETTE, Indiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N571PA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC MK30

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A75366

Registrant of record

AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N571PA 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 · N571PA

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

PURDUE

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

270° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7525326

Total time

1,664 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

29

Age

18

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RN OFF RNWY.

Investigator remarks

PILOT STATED HE FORGOT TO REDUCE THROTTLE FOR TU

Cause factors

64/A/21 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS 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 1960. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1960.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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