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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA80FLD36

1980-02-03 CLEARWATER, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7697P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-24-250

Year of manufacture

1961 · 19 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19611122

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA6652

Registrant of record

MASCHECK ANTHONY Q

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7697P Piper PA-24 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-24 · N7697P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

ST PETE-CLEARWATR

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

330° / 14 kt

Temp

51° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000024-2908

Total time

3,022 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,396

Age

34

Investigator remarks

NO 3 CONNECTING ROD BOLT,PN 75061,FAILED.

Cause factors

74/C/AC C
POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 0991. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0991.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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