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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD76FLQ37

1976-07-30 OWENSBORO, Kentucky, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7PJ

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PETER ANTHONY DEGLINNOCENTI P-40C

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A9512A

Registrant of record

DEGLINNOCENTI PETER A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7PJ Pitts S-1S 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

PITTS S-1S · N7PJ

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

GOODE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

290° / 6 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000007-0179

Total time

1 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

244

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BOSS OF CYL.THREADS APRD TO HAVE BEEN CROSS THREAD

Investigator remarks

NR 2 CYL FUEL LINE NOZZLE SEPARATED FM THREADED

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/CI C
POWERPLANT FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM Cause
88/C/BM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/23 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
64/K/31 K
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint factor

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 3397. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3397.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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