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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC74FGM01

1973-07-13 BUTLER, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8582P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-24-260

Year of manufacture

1964 · 9 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19641008

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ABC7BC

Registrant of record

SCHWALBACH RUSSELL R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

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 · N8582P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

BUTLER-GRAHAM

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

240° / 13 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000024-4039

Total time

1,127 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,775

Age

53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NG FIXED LDG GR ACFT.

Investigator remarks

LDG GR WARN HORN INOP.PLT HAD RECENTLY BEEN FLYI

Cause factors

  • 64/A/10 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/J/CL J
    AIRFRAME LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS Joint cause
  • 88/J/03 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE 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 1640. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1640.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.