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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW75DRJ24

1975-03-02 MONROE, Louisiana, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8898N

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1969 · 6 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC42C1

Registrant of record

TAYLOR DANNY H

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8898N Piper PA-28 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-28 · N8898N

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-25762

Total time

2,240 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

420

Age

48

Investigator remarks

NR 3 CYL EXH VALVE FAILED.LND IN FLOODED PASTURE

Cause factors

74/C/AF C
POWERPLANT VALVE ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
83/B/A B
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND

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 0296. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0296.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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