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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC78FCA15

1978-02-10 CHESTERFIELD, Missouri, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N75274

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-151

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19760510

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA24E1

Registrant of record

ASCENT AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N75274 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 · N75274

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

SPT OF ST LOUIS

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

050° / 4 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7615278

Total time

1,334 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

17

Age

49

Investigator remarks

INITIAL SOLO.

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
88/L/91 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING

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 0314. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0314.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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