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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK73DVW13

1972-12-28 HENDERSON, Nevada, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4355H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-15

Year of manufacture

1948 · 24 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19710830

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A538C0

Registrant of record

PIPER AVIATION MUSEUM FOUNDATION

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4355H Piper PA-15 Minor

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-15 · N4355H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

SKY HARBOR

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

190° / 13 kt

Temp

51° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000015-140

Total time

2,529 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

179

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T.

Investigator remarks

ACFT LNDD IN GULLY.LEFT MN GR SEPARATED FROM ACF

Cause factors

64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/A/H A
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2652. Source file NTSB_1972_3_2652.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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