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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA69F0111

1968-08-10 SARASOTA, Florida, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6168C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

NORTH AMERICAN P-51D

Year of manufacture

1944 · 24 years old at event

Engine

ROLLS-ROYC V-1650-7 (1180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20190809

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8087B

Registrant of record

MAGGIES MIXER LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6168C N AMERICAN F-51D Minor

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

N AMERICAN F-51D · N6168C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Business

Airport

SARASOTA

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

300° / 14 kt

Temp

89° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000044-73704

Total time

2,258 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,562

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

K IN RDCD PWR PSN. 7.4 HR SINCE ANNUAL INSP.

Investigator remarks

CARB IDLE MIXT VALVE GALLED,FROZEN.THROTTLE STUC

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/CG C
POWERPLANT CARBURETOR Cause
88/C/CJ C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PINCHED Cause
88/B/DG B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP

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 3959. Source file NTSB_1968_3_3959.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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