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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK72DVA50

1972-02-27 TULARE, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6514W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1964 · 8 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19641231

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8936A

Registrant of record

DICKEY JACOB L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6514W 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 · N6514W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

GALLAHER

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

315° / 5 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-20592

Total time

2,647 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

84

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

UGH ENG,LOSS OF PWR.

Investigator remarks

HIT N8868Q,MINOR DMG. PLT SAID HE LNDD DUE TO RO

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/79 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
88/B/13 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA

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 1399. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1399.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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