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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC73DNC65

1973-03-27 BANGOR, Maine, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9513J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Year of manufacture

1966 · 7 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660926

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD3B28

Registrant of record

GLORIOSO RICHARD

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9513J 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 · N9513J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

BANGOR INTL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000028-3635

Total time

1,098 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,278

Age

37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T 3HR 50MIN FLT. HIT HIWAY GUARD RAIL.

Investigator remarks

EST FLT 3HR 10MIN,FUEL ON BOARD 5HRS.ENG QUIT AB

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/79 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL

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 0681. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0681.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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