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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA71FLA02

1970-07-06 BLOUNTSTOWN, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7190W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Year of manufacture

1963 · 7 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19630130

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A99FE9

Registrant of record

ANDROS AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7190W Piper PA-28 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-28 · N7190W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B2

Operator type

D

Airport

BLOUNTSTOWN

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000028-1002

Total time

2,195 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

39

Age

54

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

STARTED,ACFT HIT DITCH.

Investigator remarks

BRAKES NOT SET,COCKPIT UNATTENDED-HAND PROP,ENG

Cause factors

64/A/20 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/37 A
PILOT IN COMMAND STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2793. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2793.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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