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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA76DKJ72

1976-06-17 FAIRHOPE, Alabama, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N53430

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

RYAN AERONAUTICAL ST3KR

Engine

KINNER R5 SERIES (160 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560120

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6C223

Registrant of record

FLETCHER FLYING SERVICE 419 LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N53430 Ryan ST-3KR 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

RYAN ST-3KR · N53430

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B2

Operator type

D

Airport

FAIRHOPE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

340° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

Z

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

217

Age

24

Investigator remarks

PLT PROPPED ENG,PAX IN REAR SEAT.THROTTLE FULL.

Cause factors

64/A/37 A
PILOT IN COMMAND STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/20 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. 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 1918. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1918.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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