NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA75FLD12
Registry · N4114
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
RANS S-1C
Year of manufacture
1968 · 6 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES (150 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19800212
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4DABB
Registrant of record
STAUDER GREGORY P
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
PITTS SC1 · N4114
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
005° / 11 kt
Temp
92° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000413
Total time
114 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
5,035
Age
52
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
D.MISSING CLEVIS BOLT FASTENER.
Investigator remarks
FORCED LDG IN MARSH.THROTTLE LINKAGE DISCONNECTE
Cause factors
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 74/C/I0 C POWERPLANT THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES Cause
- 88/C/BM C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
- 83/B/A B TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND
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 3083.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3083.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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