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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA77DLD12

1976-11-01 VENICE, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N87939

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER J-3C

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC1AA8

Registrant of record

AERIAL BANNERS NORTH INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N87939 Piper J-3 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

PIPER J-3 · N87939

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

D

Airport

VENICE MUNICIPAL

Kind of flying

CF

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000015557

Total time

4,501 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

7,351

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ETOR CAUSING FUEL STARVATION IN GLIDE ATTITUDE.

Investigator remarks

FUEL HEADER TANK INSTALLED BELOW LEVEL OF CARBUR

Cause factors

68/C/D0 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
74/C/CA C
POWERPLANT TANKS Cause
88/C/CB C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause

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 3583. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3583.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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