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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW71FPD08

1970-08-01 DENTON, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4122J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1966 · 4 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19661216

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4DE35

Registrant of record

COLLUM AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4122J 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 · N4122J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

HARTLEE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

98° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-22440

Total time

2,883 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

114

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

X 1000FT LONG,12IN WEEDS.TEMP 98DEG,WND LT,VRBL.

Investigator remarks

LNDD IN FLD 3MI FRM DEST,ENG PROB,CKD OK.FLD APR

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
83/B/Y B
TERRAIN OTHER

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 3360. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3360.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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