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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC78FNC28

1978-06-01 WARREN, Vermont, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7229D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-22-150

Year of manufacture

1957 · 21 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19570321

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A9AE91

Registrant of record

BUERGEL SANDRA J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7229D Piper PA-22 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-22 · N7229D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

WARREN-SUGARBUSH

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

040° / 6 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000022-5054

Total time

1,365 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

213

Age

30

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
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 2374. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2374.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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