NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA73DLA14
Registry · N7717J
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-32-260
Year of manufacture
1969 · 3 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19690324
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA7014
Registrant of record
FLYING HIGH AVIATION LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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-32 · N7717J
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
A1
Operator type
Business
Airport
BAY CO
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000032-1119
Total time
845 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,822
Age
42
Investigator remarks
PAX WALKED INTO BACK OF ROTATING PROP.
Cause factors
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/K4 A PERSONNEL PASSENGER 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 3127.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_3127.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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