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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC78DCD55

1978-09-07 MILFORD, Iowa, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6447Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-25

Year of manufacture

1961 · 17 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8777C

Registrant of record

H&H AG AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6447Z Piper PA-25 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-25 · N6447Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DH

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000025-607

Total time

3,418 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

11,921

Age

51

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ING.

Investigator remarks

HIT WIRES IN FLIGHT & POLE DURING EMERGENCY LAND

Cause factors

64/C/54 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE 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 2135. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2135.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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