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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA67F0497

1967-04-09 AUGUSTA, Georgia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4972Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-22-108

Year of manufacture

1961 · 6 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19610523

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A62CCF

Registrant of record

FREEMAN DAVID B

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4972Z Piper PA-22 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-22 · N4972Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

BUSH FIED

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

2,863 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

33

Age

60

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SINCE OVERHAUL.2.3 HRS SINCE CYLINDERS REINSTALLED

Investigator remarks

ENGINE FROZE,CENTER MAIN BEARING SEIZED.375 HRS

Cause factors

74/C/AA C
POWERPLANT CRANKCASE Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause

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 1155. Source file NTSB_1967_3_1155.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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