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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI70FBM12

1970-04-06 KNOX, Indiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N847

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-31-325

Year of manufacture

1977

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

8 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19771128

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB99D9

Registrant of record

ULTIMATE RESORT VACATIONS INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N847 AERO COMDR 680-FL 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

AERO COMDR 680-FL · N847

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

Business

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001398-54

Total time

1,778 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,646

Age

34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

REGULATOR CAME LOOSE FROM FUEL INJECTOR BODY.

Investigator remarks

R ENG LOST FUEL PRESSURE,CAUGHT FIRE,WHEN PRESS

Cause factors

74/C/CI C
POWERPLANT FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM Cause
88/C/29 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
88/C/CM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PRESSURE,NONE Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
88/K/51 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE 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 0615. Source file NTSB_1970_3_0615.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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