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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW75FPG24

1974-10-12 BRINKLEY, Arkansas, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4352G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-161

Year of manufacture

1984

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19840328

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A53856

Registrant of record

BOUZA MARIO

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4352G MCCULLOUGH J-2 Serious

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

MCCULLOUGH J-2 · N4352G

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

I

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

A2

Operator type

Business

Airport

FRANK FEDERER MEM

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000062

Total time

165 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

4,285

Age

36

Investigator remarks

PIC NOT ROTORCRAFT RATED.PRE-ROTATOR BELT FAILED

Cause factors

78/C/BF C
ROTORCRAFT MAIN ROTOR PULLEYS,BELTS Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
64/B/02 B
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL

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 3352. Source file NTSB_1974_3_3352.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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