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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC74DCQ10

1973-08-27 HAYS, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5722U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19691020

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A75888

Registrant of record

PFEIFER ERIC P

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5722U 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 · N5722U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

HAYS MUN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

160° / 17 kt

Temp

94° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-26524

Total time

1,918 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

93

Age

19

Investigator remarks

RAN INTO TELEPHONE POLE.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

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 2349. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2349.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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