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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK76DJA18

1976-06-30 PAHALA, Hawaii, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N103MA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A-1C-180

Engine

LYCOMING O-360-A1P (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20120213

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A010ED

Registrant of record

PRIMARY AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N103MA MURRAYAIR MA-1 Minor

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

MURRAYAIR MA-1 · N103MA

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

PAHALA UPPER

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Temp

69° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000003

Total time

2,898 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,623

Age

35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.7 INTAKE PIPE. HIT ROCKS ON HILL.

Investigator remarks

NR.7 EXHAUST PIPE FLANGE BROKE,HOLE BURNED IN NR

Cause factors

74/C/G5 C
POWERPLANT STACKS Cause
74/C/AY C
POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/C/51 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Cause
83/K/Y K
TERRAIN OTHER Joint factor
88/K/DH K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 1591. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1591.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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