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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI79DEP11

1978-12-01 PARK FALLS, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N55845 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 · N55845

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

PARK FALLS MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7305481

Total time

1,230 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

138

Age

17

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST.

Investigator remarks

SNOW PACKED IN WHEEL FAIRING,JAMMED WHEEL AND DI

Cause factors

64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
80/L/BC L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY

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 3797. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3797.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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