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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA72DKJ21

1971-09-08 ARDMORE, Alabama, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7704Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-25-235

Year of manufacture

1966 · 5 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19860531

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA6C03

Registrant of record

AERIAL BANNERS INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7704Z Piper PA-25 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-25 · N7704Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000025-3864

Total time

1,335 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

938

Age

47

Investigator remarks

RICH MIXTURE DUE TO STUCK CARB FLOAT.

Cause factors

74/C/CG C
POWERPLANT CARBURETOR Cause
88/C/CS C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS STUCK Cause
88/C/47 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED

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 4296. Source file NTSB_1971_3_4296.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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