NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA66A0055
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 M35 · N9742R
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EK
Operator type
Business
Airport
ATLANTA
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
090° / 8 kt
Temp
53° F
Aircraft history
Total time
1,675 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,800
Age
47
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
INFO ISSUED FOR APP TO ATLANTA,GA.AIRPORT
Investigator remarks
PILOT DECLARED EMERG-IFR SURVEILLANCE APPROACH
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS 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 1009.
Source file
NTSB_1965_2_1009.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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