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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA65F0099

1965-04-09 AUGUSTA, Georgia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

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 · N1030P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

BUSH FIELD

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

280° / 15 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Total time

2,889 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,252

Age

39

Investigator remarks

LEFT ENGINE OIL COOLER LINE FAILED.

Cause factors

  • 74/A/DB A
    POWERPLANT LINES,HOSES,FITTING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/95 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/B/39 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED

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 0966. Source file NTSB_1965_3_0966.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.