NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA66A0018
Registry · N615B
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV7A
Year of manufacture
2009
Engine
SUPERIOR XP-360 (170 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20090619
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8016A
Registrant of record
THIBODEAUX JAMES M
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
BEECHCRAFT A35 · N615B
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Aircraft history
Total time
2,503 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
400
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PILOT-LOST CONTROL FOR UNDETERMINED REASON
Investigator remarks
PILOT NOT INSTRUMENT RATED BUT FLYING IFR
Cause factors
- 84/C/J C MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause
- 88/L/49 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
- 88/L/94 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE
- 82/3/X 3 WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY Subordinate · 3
- 82/3/L 3 WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS Subordinate · 3
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 0890.
Source file
NTSB_1965_2_0890.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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