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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81FEK22

1981-06-26 COLUMBUS, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N56241

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Year of manufacture

1973 · 8 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19730717

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A73156

Registrant of record

SMITH BONNY L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N56241 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 · N56241

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

PRT COLUMBUS INTL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7305558

Total time

2,313 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

594

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DMG TO PA-23.

Investigator remarks

L WING TIP HIT NOSE OF PIPER PA-23,N14296.MINOR

Cause factors

64/A/54 A
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE 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 1168. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1168.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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