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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI79FEE01

1978-10-03 ELGIN, Illinois, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N44553

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1974 · 4 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

N44553 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 · N44553

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C4

Operator type

D

Airport

ELGIN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

280° / 10 kt

Temp

59° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7425425

Total time

808 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

209

Age

24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D AND PITTED BRAKE DISC.

Investigator remarks

RIGHT BRAKE LINING EXCESSIVELY WORN DUE TO RUSTE

Cause factors

70/C/CJ C
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause
88/C/55 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CORRODED/CORROSION Cause
80/B/BJ B
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIDDEN HAZARD

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 3466. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3466.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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