NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA65A0126
Registry · N4936C
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOEING E75N1
Engine
P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A61E6A
Registrant of record
EAST MORICHES AERIAL ADVERTISING LTD
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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
BOEING 75N1 · N4936C
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,650
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ANTENNA WHILE CALIBATING SPRAY EQUIPMENT
Investigator remarks
PILOT ON PREVIOUS RUNS HAD PULLED UP OVER RADIO
Cause factors
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/33 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT 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
2 0555.
Source file
NTSB_1965_2_0555.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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