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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA78FKQ32

1978-08-14 CHARLESTON, Mississippi, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8369

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

WACO ASO

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB7237

Registrant of record

HIRTLE ALAN L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8369 Grumman G-164A 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

GRUMMAN G-164A · N8369

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

BROWNS AIRFIELD

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000864

Total time

2,280 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,920

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AR TO IMPELLER BEARING MATERIAL FOUND IN OIL SUMP.

Investigator remarks

OIL FOUND IN INDUCTION SYSTEM. METAL CHIPS SIMIL

Cause factors

74/C/AG C
POWERPLANT BLOWER,IMPELLER ASSEMBLY Cause
88/L/95 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE

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 2054. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2054.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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