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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA66F0312

1965-10-30 LOUISVILLE, Mississippi, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N42853

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER J3C-65

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19860226

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A51C7A

Registrant of record

AERO APPLICATIONS INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N42853 Piper J-3 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 J-3 · N42853

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

LOUISVILLE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

135° / 5 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Total time

984 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,200

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TS

Investigator remarks

SEDIMENT IN CARBURETOR BOWL BLOCKED FUEL JET POR

Cause factors

88/A/96 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
74/C/CG C
POWERPLANT CARBURETOR Cause
84/C/G C
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
88/L/55 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CORRODED/CORROSION
68/L/D6 L
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION

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 3148. Source file NTSB_1965_3_3148.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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