NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA67D0472
Registry · N46M
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-24-250
Year of manufacture
1958 · 9 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19580926
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A59855
Registrant of record
JONES GREGORY D
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
BEECH E18S · N46M
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Business
Airport
FAIRHOPE MUNI.
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Aircraft history
Total time
8,734 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
5,809
Age
47
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OT EASILY SEEN.
Investigator remarks
RECENTLY ERECTED POWERLINE.WIRES BETWEEN POLES N
Cause factors
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 64/B/15 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
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 0520.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_0520.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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