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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC72DNA04

1971-07-28 BLOCK ISLAND, Rhode Island, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9524J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Year of manufacture

1966 · 5 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660917

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD3F02

Registrant of record

ZANELLA PAUL J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9524J 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 · N9524J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

BLOCK ISLAND

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

135° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000028-3649

Total time

920 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

238

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

,CYL PISTON EXTDD BEYOND O RING SEAL-LOST FLUID.

Investigator remarks

ACFT EQPD WITH CLE BRAKE SYS.L BRAKE LINING WORN

Cause factors

64/C/80 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
70/C/CJ C
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause
88/C/DF C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE Cause
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND

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 2616. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2616.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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