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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC79FNA27

1979-08-05 NEWPORT, Rhode Island, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N62664 Piper PA-23 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-23 · N62664

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

E

Airport

NEWPORT STATE

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 10 kt

Temp

90° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00027-764125

Total time

1,550 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

1,691

Age

23

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EAD BUILD UP IN SOME PLUGS.

Investigator remarks

#4 CYL TOP PLUG INSULATOR CRACKED & BROKEN OFF.L

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/06 B
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
74/L/BC L
POWERPLANT SPARK PLUG
88/L/AR L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CARBON DEPOSITS
88/L/95 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE
88/K/DH K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint factor
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 2155. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2155.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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