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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW76AF112

1976-08-02 DALHART, Texas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N1459P Piper PA-23 Fatal

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-23 · N1459P

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

100° / 12 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000023-522

Total time

3,553 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,297

Age

55

Investigator remarks

RUDDER TRIM CABLE FAILED.

Cause factors

68/A/D4 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
75/A/CE A
SYSTEMS RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/55 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CORRODED/CORROSION Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/BT A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FLUTTER Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/49 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT Joint 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 3795. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3795.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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