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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA67F0187

1966-10-10 CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6070W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1964 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19640429

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7E3AD

Registrant of record

HOCKING CHRISTOPHER J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6070W 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 · N6070W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

LOVELL FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

320° / 4 kt

Temp

61° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,305 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

66

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TROL TOWER HAD NOT CLEARED HIM TO LAND.

Investigator remarks

PILOT LANDED TOO CLOSE BEHIND LARGE AIRCRAFT.CON

Cause factors

84/C/1 C
MISCELLANEOUS VORTEX TURBULENCE Cause
64/C/56 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 2579. Source file NTSB_1966_3_2579.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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