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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW74FRA10

1973-08-08 FRIENDSWOOD, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N3963P Piper PA-22 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-22 · N3963P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

CLOVER FIELD

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000022-3643

Total time

1,990 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,112

Age

23

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OT INSTLD-INSTR PLT TOT TIME IN TYPE 2 HRS.

Investigator remarks

ENG QUIT WHEN STDNT PLT ADV THROTLE-OPER PLCRD N

Cause factors

64/C/30 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
66/C/21 C
DUAL STUDENT Cause
88/C/34 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ENGINE LOADED UP Cause
64/L/31 L
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
68/L/E5 L
PERSONNEL DEFICIENCY,COMPANY MAINTAINED EQPMT,SERVICES,REGULATION

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 2030. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2030.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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