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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA80FKJ28

1980-04-04 BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8328Y

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-30

Year of manufacture

1967 · 13 years old at event

TCDS

A1EA · PIPER AIRCRAFT INC

Engine

LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES (150 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19670406

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB634F

Registrant of record

SIMS CHRIS

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8328Y Piper PA-30 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

PIPER PA-30 · N8328Y

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

BIRMINGHAM MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

340° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000301470

Total time

2,325 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,390

Age

37

Cause factors

64/A/10 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR 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 2260. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2260.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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