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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA77FKG57

1977-07-27 ATHENS, Georgia, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N33026

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER J-3

Year of manufacture

1940 · 37 years old at event

Engine

FRANKLIN 4AC176B SER (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19571114

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3988C

Registrant of record

MERRITT MICHAEL L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N33026 Piper J-3 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

PIPER J-3 · N33026

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

D

Airport

CLARK COUNTY

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

090° / 7 kt

Temp

88° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000005784

Total time

3,761 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,620

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BOWL.

Investigator remarks

SOLID WHITE DEPOSIT OF UNK ORIGIN FOUND IN CARB

Cause factors

74/C/CG C
POWERPLANT CARBURETOR Cause
88/C/CF C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED 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 2022. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2022.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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