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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC68F0352

1967-09-18 CHESTERFIELD, Missouri, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9764W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1967 · 0 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670612

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD9CE8

Registrant of record

MICH JOHN D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9764W Piper PA-28 Minor

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 · N9764W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SPIRIT OF ST.LOUI

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

60 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

18,000

Age

57

Investigator remarks

INSTR WAS DEMONSTRATING BOUNCED LNDG RECOVERY.

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/34 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ENGINE LOADED UP Cause
88/L/85 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS

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 3936. Source file NTSB_1967_3_3936.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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