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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA67F0241

1966-07-08 DESTIN, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8942R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CHAMPION 7FC

Year of manufacture

1959 · 7 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES (95 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19591230

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC56DE

Registrant of record

RICHARDS PENNY L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8942R Aeronca 7FC 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

AERONCA 7FC · N8942R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

1,225 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,350

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ERED TO AVOID PERSONS ON SAND BAR.

Investigator remarks

FIBROUS MATERIAL BLOCKED OIL SCREEN.PILOT MANEUV

Cause factors

88/C/97 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OIL STARVATION Cause
88/C/83 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OIL CONTAMINATION Cause
68/C/D2 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) Cause
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 2851. Source file NTSB_1966_3_2851.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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