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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA77FKQ37

1977-08-24 LOUISVILLE, Mississippi, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N5704G Cessna A188B 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

CESSNA A188B · N5704G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

HOME AIRSTRIP

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

90° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00018801134T

Total time

942 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

6,465

Age

34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CYL LOCATION.

Investigator remarks

INTAKE MANIFOLD HOSE DISCONNECTED FRM TUBE AT #1

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/CL C
POWERPLANT RAM AIR ASSEMBLY Cause
88/C/29 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
88/K/24 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JETTISONED LOAD 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 2433. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2433.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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