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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI73FEV11

1972-09-11 JACKSONVILLE, Illinois, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8793P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-24-260

Year of manufacture

1965 · 7 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19650520

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC1A94

Registrant of record

FLAAGAN KEVIN D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8793P Piper PA-24 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-24 · N8793P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

JACKSONVILLE

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000024-4246

Total time

1,133 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

2,000

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OW FOR COMPLETE GR EXTENSION.

Investigator remarks

BAFFLE BROKE LOOSE,COVERING EXH OUTLET.ALT TOO L

Cause factors

74/C/G6 C
POWERPLANT BAFFLES Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/C/CF C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause

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 3340. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3340.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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