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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC75DTK05

1974-10-16 PIERRE, South Dakota, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5767U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1969 · 5 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19691107

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A76813

Registrant of record

AIR KRAFT SPRAYING INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5767U 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 · N5767U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

315° / 18 kt

Temp

81° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-26590

Total time

1,968 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,340

Age

49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

STURE.

Investigator remarks

STRUCK FENCE AFTR CLRG DITCH DRG TKOF FM FARM PA

Cause factors

64/A/17 A
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/J/U J
WEATHER HIGH TEMPERATURE Joint cause

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 3414. Source file NTSB_1974_3_3414.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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