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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC80DCJ31

1980-09-07 OGALLALA, Nebraska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N5376F 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 · N5376F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

SEARLE

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7715112

Total time

2,228 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

6,822

Age

35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

L APCH.HIT TALL CORN NR END OF RWY.

Investigator remarks

PLT RPRTD ENCTRG PSBL WND SHEAR OR TURBC ON FINA

Cause factors

64/A/45 A
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/J/BI J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIGH VEGETATION 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 2120. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2120.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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