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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK74DVM23

1974-04-20 SANTA CRUZ, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N55448

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

HELDEBERG DESIGNS LLC MARATHON 2 PLACE

Year of manufacture

2007

Engine

ROTAX 582DCDI (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20071218

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7114C

Registrant of record

GARDNER EDMOND J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N55448 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 · N55448

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SKY PARK

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7325404

Total time

811 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

130

Age

33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

S TO 15K.

Investigator remarks

LNDD LONG & FAST,BOUNCED,THEN ATMTD GO-ARND.GUST

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/C/07 C
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND Cause
64/B/62 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
82/L/J L
WEATHER SUDDEN WINDSHIFT
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND

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 0735. Source file NTSB_1974_3_0735.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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