NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA76FKG37
Registry · N3874T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28R-180
Year of manufacture
1967 · 8 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19671208
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A47841
Registrant of record
SMITH ALBERT G JR
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
PIPER PA-28R · N3874T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B1
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
MALCOM MCKINNON
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
050° / 5 kt
Temp
66° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000028R30199
Total time
1,500 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,383
Age
36
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
HIT UNMARKED HOLE.
Investigator remarks
TAXIED OFF RWY INTERSECTION WHERE LIGHT MISSING.
Cause factors
- 64/C/15 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause
- 68/C/H1 C PERSONNEL FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION Cause
- 68/L/H0 L PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE-AIRPORT FACILITIES
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 3821.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_3821.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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