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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX73DLJ29

1972-10-08 MARANA, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4817Y

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-25-235

Year of manufacture

1968 · 4 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20000117

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5EFB4

Registrant of record

QUALITY AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4817Y Piper PA-25 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-25 · N4817Y

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

MARSH STRIP

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000025-4601

Total time

1,035 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

785

Age

26

Investigator remarks

LNDD IN A COTTON FLD.

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
82/C/G C
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING Cause
83/B/Y B
TERRAIN OTHER
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 2701. Source file NTSB_1972_3_2701.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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