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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA73DKJ62

1973-05-24 FAIRHOPE, Alabama, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8402Y Piper PA-30 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-30 · N8402Y

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

FAIRHOPE MUNI

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

230° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000030-1551

Total time

1,963 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

611

Age

51

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DE ALT AIR BOX.HIT DRAINAGE DITCH PARALLEL TO RWY.

Investigator remarks

L ENG ALT AIR DOOR WORN AND WAS FOUND LYING INSI

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/CL C
POWERPLANT RAM AIR ASSEMBLY Cause
88/C/BM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
64/B/79 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
64/B/81 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
88/L/91 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 4009. Source file NTSB_1973_3_4009.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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