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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA74FYA26

1974-03-21 BURLEY, Idaho, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N123CK

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A05F13

Registrant of record

SPIRIT AVIATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N123CK Piper PA-23 Serious

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 · N123CK

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

BURLEY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

250° / 12 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000027-2401

Total time

3,980 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,860

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RWY.

Investigator remarks

NR 4 EXHAUST VALVE FAILED.HIT RR BANK R SIDE OF

Cause factors

74/C/AF C
POWERPLANT VALVE ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
64/B/39 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
64/B/23 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
88/K/07 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES 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 0693. Source file NTSB_1974_3_0693.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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