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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA82FLD05

1981-11-12 TITUSVILLE, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N57364

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-151

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19731112

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A75CD5

Registrant of record

FIT FLIERS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N57364 Piper PA-28 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-28 · N57364

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7415046

Total time

2,277 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

537

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D.HOSE NOT REPLACED PER RCMDATN LYC S/B #240J.

Investigator remarks

OIL COOLER INLET HOSE ASSY,P/N C63901-49,RUPTURE

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/DB C
POWERPLANT LINES,HOSES,FITTING Cause
88/C/BL C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DETERIORATED Cause
88/C/81 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM Cause
83/K/A K
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND 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 2177. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2177.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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