NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA74FKG58
Registry · N5225T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28R-200
Year of manufacture
1972 · 2 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19720511
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A69375
Registrant of record
HOLT JOSEPH
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-28R · N5225T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
D
Airport
TOCCOA
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
200° / — kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
028R-7235199
Total time
929 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
8,699
Age
51
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
K NOT DONE.DRG RETRACT NOSE GR SCISSOR CTCD VALVE.
Investigator remarks
2 1/8IN OIL QUICK DRAIN PLUG INSTLD,GR RETRACT C
Cause factors
- 68/C/D0 C PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
- 74/C/DC C POWERPLANT VALVES Cause
- 88/C/81 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM Cause
- 64/B/15 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
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 0511.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_0511.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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