NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA69A0042
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
CESSNA 150G · N2983S
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
PALM BEACH COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
130° / 5 kt
Temp
68° F
Aircraft history
Total time
1,016 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
19
Age
17
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
VISUAL REFERENCE POINTS.NOT ENDORSED FOR NITE FLT
Investigator remarks
HIT WATER DURING TURN ONTO BASE LEG,OVER LAKE.NO
Cause factors
- 64/A/53 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/02 A PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/22 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/26 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS STOLEN OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause
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 0026.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_0026.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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