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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA75FLD12

1974-08-24 ST PETERSBURG, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 ↗.