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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD75FIG01

1974-07-02 RIDGELY, Maryland, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N334G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-181

Year of manufacture

2019

Engine

LYCOMING O-360-A4M (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20190220

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3A541

Registrant of record

ARCHER AERO LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N334G Beech C18S 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

BEECH C18S · N334G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

RIDGELY-PELICAN

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

255° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000008436

Total time

7,274 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,192

Age

35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EERED L TOWARD FEATHRD ENG,INTO SWAMP.

Investigator remarks

PRACTICE ENG-OUT APCH.T/D 1500FT SHORT.BOUNCED,V

Cause factors

88/C/85 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS Cause
64/B/48 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
64/B/07 B
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
64/B/79 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
83/K/Y K
TERRAIN OTHER Joint factor

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 1834. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1834.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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