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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA75FLA03

1974-07-13 DESTIN, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N214VP

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-8

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1CA47

Registrant of record

POWELL SAM L JR

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N214VP Piper PA-28 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-28 · N214VP

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

L

Airport

DESTIN-FT WALTON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-BELOW 1000 FEET

Wind

110° / 7 kt

Temp

84° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-25724

Total time

2,568 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

282

Age

23

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NECTED.AFTR READJUSTMENT COULD NOT BE PULLED LOOSE

Investigator remarks

THROTTLE CTL BALL JOINT ASSY P/N 31747-00 DISCON

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/CY C
POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
88/C/BM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/79 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL

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 2286. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2286.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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