NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA75AM046
Registry · N1FP
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
COONER G STEVE WAG AERO SPORT TRAIN
Year of manufacture
2006
Engine
AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20090629
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0008D
Registrant of record
INSTRUMENT DESIGN INC
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-31 · N1FP
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EC
Operator type
Business
Airport
FAIRHOPE MUNI
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Temp
63° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000031-768
Total time
1,148 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
6,800
Age
42
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
4.FULL R TRAVEL COULD AND DID LOCK AILERON CTL.
Investigator remarks
SCREWDRIVER INSERTED IN CTL CHAIN BTWN PINS 13-1
Cause factors
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 75/A/CA A SYSTEMS AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/A/G A MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CD A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JAMMED 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 3246.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_3246.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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