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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI82FEP08

1981-11-08 DODGEVILLE, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1UK

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-181

Year of manufacture

1977 · 4 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19770623

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A001CE

Registrant of record

PENN FLIGHT SCHOOL LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1UK 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 · N1UK

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

DODGEVILLE MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

300° / 12 kt

Temp

53° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7790564

Total time

585 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

435

Age

55

Investigator remarks

STRUCK ARPT SIGN AFTER DEPG RWY.

Cause factors

64/C/80 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
88/K/DH K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint factor
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 2819. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2819.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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