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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA70D0144

1969-07-29 PALMETTO, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9169P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-24-260

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670105

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACB096

Registrant of record

PORTER CHRISTINA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9169P Piper PA-24 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-24 · N9169P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

PALMA SOLA

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Temp

90° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000024-4658

Total time

2,648 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

827

Age

28

Cause factors

66/C/25 C
DUAL STUDENT Cause
64/C/30 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 3292. Source file NTSB_1969_3_3292.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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