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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA74FLD43

1973-11-19 ZELLWOOD, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N21717

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-181

Year of manufacture

1978

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19780905

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1D61E

Registrant of record

NEWTON ANDREW A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N21717 Cessna A188B 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

CESSNA A188B · N21717

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

PRIVATE STRIP

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

86° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00018800979T

Total time

387 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

6,030

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

HLY MOWED.ACFT EQPD MAN OPERATED ALT AIR,NOT USED.

Investigator remarks

CHAFF ON AIR FILTER APRX 1/2 IN THICK.STRIP FRES

Cause factors

64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
64/C/20 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause
74/C/CE C
POWERPLANT FILTERS,STRAINERS,SCREENS Cause
84/C/G C
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
88/C/CF C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause

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 3902. Source file NTSB_1973_3_3902.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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