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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA75FLD82

1975-06-01 VENICE, Florida, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N106L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

NEW PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-32R-301T

Year of manufacture

2000

Engine

LYCOMING TIO-540-AH1A (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

7 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20230607

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A01BF8

Registrant of record

VALIAIR LC TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N106L Bell 47G Minor

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

BELL 47G · N106L

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C2

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000026

Total time

3,697 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,927

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NTO RIVER.

Investigator remarks

DSCNDG RAPIDLY HIT 30-35FT PALM TREE.ACFT FELL I

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/54 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
64/K/18 K
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. Joint factor
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint factor

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 2642. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2642.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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