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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA77FK648

1977-07-09 SAVANNAH, Georgia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8576E Champion 7HC 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

CHAMPION 7HC · N8576E

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

D

Airport

HOPETON,GA

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000015

Total time

1,261 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

360

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WY.

Investigator remarks

OIL DRAIN PLUG MISSING.AVOIDING LARGE TRUCK ON H

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/DB C
POWERPLANT LINES,HOSES,FITTING Cause
88/C/90 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISSING Cause
88/C/81 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM Cause
84/B/7 B
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION

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 2406. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2406.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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