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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC74DCJ03

1973-07-22 OGALLALA, Nebraska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2683T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Year of manufacture

1971 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19711011

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A29F88

Registrant of record

SOJOURN FLYERS INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2683T 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 · N2683T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

SEARLE FIELD

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7205082

Total time

863 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

9,700

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

R.IP DEMO SHORT FLD LDG.

Investigator remarks

ACFT STRUCK CAR TIRE USED AS RWY THRESHOLD MARKE

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
88/C/22 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH Cause
80/K/A9 K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES 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 2681. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2681.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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