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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA77FKT61

1977-07-28 PAHOKEE, Florida, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5504K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELLANCA 7GCBC

Year of manufacture

1978

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19780831

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A70259

Registrant of record

WHITE TRACI MICHELLE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5504K AERO COMDR S2R Serious

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

AERO COMDR S2R · N5504K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000005074R

Total time

72 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

8,351

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

INDICATIONS OF THRUST OR TORQUE.PROPS MISRIGGED.

Investigator remarks

PROPS IN BETA RANGE.BLADE DEFORMATIONS SHOWED NO

Cause factors

74/A/FY A
POWERPLANT OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/CB A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 4223. Source file NTSB_1977_3_4223.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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