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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD75FIG12

1975-02-16 BOWIE, Maryland, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5457S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1971 · 4 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19710118

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6EDDD

Registrant of record

TYLER DAVID G

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5457S 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 · N5457S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

FREEWAY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7125123

Total time

3,492 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

84

Age

34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D OF RWY 36.

Investigator remarks

STRUCK TREES APRX 50FT HI ABT 3500FT BFR APCH EN

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
88/B/11 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 0423. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0423.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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