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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA66D0583

1966-05-26 LAUREL, Mississippi, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7323P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-24-250

Year of manufacture

1961 · 5 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19610120

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A9D548

Registrant of record

DURHAM DAMON PATRICK

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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 PA24 · N7323P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

LAUREL

Kind of flying

DF

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

1,035 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,500

Age

46

Cause factors

  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
  • 64/C/27 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
  • 88/3/AW 3
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 1321. Source file NTSB_1966_3_1321.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.