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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD78DA053

1978-03-20 HAZARD, Kentucky, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N21531

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-150

Year of manufacture

1957 · 21 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19940817

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1CEF0

Registrant of record

HANS NELSON & SONS NURSERY INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

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

CESSNA 182 · N21531

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

E

Airport

HAZARD

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 15 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018261694

Total time

2,426 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,035

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

P END PREVENTED GO-ARND.GUSTS TO 20KNOTS.

Investigator remarks

T/D FAST & LONG WITH FLAPS UP.OBSTRUCTIONS ON DE

Cause factors

  • 64/C/46 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
  • 64/C/71 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS Cause
  • 82/L/H L
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
  • 88/L/AQ L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
  • 88/K/DH K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 0711. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0711.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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