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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN75DTM10

1975-01-13 PROVO, Utah, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4971T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1972 · 3 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19720406

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A62CA6

Registrant of record

PLEWA GARY M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4971T 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 · N4971T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

PROVO MUNI

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7225295

Total time

1,624 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

15

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ILES AT RWY INTERSECTION.

Investigator remarks

SECOND SOLO FLT.RWY PACKED SNOW,ICY.LARGE SNOW P

Cause factors

64/C/23 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
68/C/C0 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
80/L/BC L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY
88/L/91 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING

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 0191. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0191.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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