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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW67D0669

1967-04-12 MONROE, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7734Y

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-30

Year of manufacture

1965 · 2 years old at event

TCDS

A1EA · PIPER AIRCRAFT INC

Engine

LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES (150 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19650429

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA7727

Registrant of record

RUSSELL R BRUCE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7734Y Piper PA-30 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-30 · N7734Y

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

HUENEFELD

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Total time

379 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,650

Age

37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DAMAGE ON PRECAUTIONARY LNDG AT SELMAN FIELD.

Investigator remarks

HIT FENCE,SHEARED LFT GEAR AT HUENEFELD. FURTHER

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/C/07 C
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND Cause
80/L/BA L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET 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 1138. Source file NTSB_1967_3_1138.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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