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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC76FCQ26

1975-12-21 HAYS, Kansas, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8637P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-24-260

Year of manufacture

1964 · 11 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19641125

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ABDD57

Registrant of record

DAVENPORT ERIK JON

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8637P Piper PA-24 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-24 · N8637P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

200° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000024-4078

Total time

3,139 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

461

Age

32

Cause factors

74/C/AB C
POWERPLANT CRANKSHAFT Cause
74/C/LF C
POWERPLANT GEARS,ACCESSORY DRIVE Cause
88/C/CP C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SHEARED Cause
83/K/F K
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN 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 3770. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3770.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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