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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC79DA069

1979-07-19 PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8250P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-24-250

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19650517

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB45D4

Registrant of record

SEDBERRY JASON A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8250P 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 · N8250P

Damage

None

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

GREATER PITT

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

150° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000242563

Total time

4,020 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

3,000

Age

49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

H BOLT MSNG.PLT SUFFERED FM LG VESTIGIAL ANEURYSM.

Investigator remarks

LOOSE CLAMP ON INTAKE MANIFOLD TUBE #5 CYL,ATTAC

Cause factors

68/A/D0 A
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
74/A/AD A
POWERPLANT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/29 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/64 A
PILOT IN COMMAND INCAPACITATION 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 5 0031. Source file NTSB_1979_5_0031.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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