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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC76DFA01

1975-07-04 WALLKILL, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N44285

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1975 · 0 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19750409

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A55599

Registrant of record

CHISOLM JOE B

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N44285 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 · N44285

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

KOBELT

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7525255

Total time

92 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

260

Age

52

Investigator remarks

DMGD ENG MOUNT,NOSE GR,PROP AND LWR FIREWALL.

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 1805. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1805.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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