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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC72FNA01

1971-07-06 NORWOOD, Massachusetts, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5396S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1970 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19701231

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6D517

Registrant of record

RIFFLE WARREN C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5396S 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 · N5396S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

NORWOOD

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7125107

Total time

211 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

13

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PLT ATMPTD GO-ARND,VEERED L,HIT DITCH.

Investigator remarks

FIRST SOLO FLT.SLIGHT X-WND,ACFT BOUNCED ON LDG,

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/C/62 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL 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 2419. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2419.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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