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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA72FLA35

1972-03-27 BLOUNTSTOWN, Florida, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2836Z Piper PA-22 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

PIPER PA-22 · N2836Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

BLOUNTSTOWN

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000022-6831

Total time

2,328 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,037

Age

53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ANNED BY RAM AIR THRU HOLE IN RUBBER GROMMET SEAL.

Investigator remarks

SHORTED NR6 WIRE,AMMETER TO MASTER SWITCH.FIRE F

Cause factors

88/C/50 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT Cause
83/B/A B
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND
68/L/D6 L
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
74/L/J9 L
POWERPLANT OTHER
88/L/BX L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS GROUNDED
70/L/BY L
AIRFRAME OTHER
88/L/BL L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DETERIORATED

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 1037. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1037.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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