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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DCA74A0009

1973-06-21 MIAMI, Florida, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N296 Douglas DC-7C Fatal

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

DOUGLAS DC-7C · N296

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

Y

Airport

MIAMI INTL

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED

Wind

090° / 11 kt

Temp

81° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000045466

Total time

25,827 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

10,000

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

STAB TIMELY RADIO CONTACT W DEP CTL.PART 91D OPN.

Investigator remarks

LOST CTL DUE TURBC OR INFLT FIRE OR BOTH.UN TO E

Cause factors

84/C/I C
MISCELLANEOUS UNDETERMINED Cause
74/L/CH L
POWERPLANT PUMPS
88/L/AJ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE
88/L/51 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE
88/L/DA L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN WING
82/K/L K
WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS 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 1561. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1561.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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