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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW75DPD42

1975-05-26 GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1833J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1968 · 7 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19680222

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A14E9B

Registrant of record

ESPARZA PHILLIP GREGORY

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1833J 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 · N1833J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

GRAND PRAIRIE MUN

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-24267

Total time

2,695 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

255

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NG PRE-FLT. LND NOSE GR FIRST.

Investigator remarks

PLT DID NOT RECOGNIZE WATER IN FUEL DRAINED DURI

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
64/B/25 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF

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 1438. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1438.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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