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MIA69D0046

1968-07-06 · HOMESTEAD, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MOONEY M-18C · N4133
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Operator type
D
Airport
HOMESTEAD
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 5 kt
Temp
87° F

Aircraft history

Total time
304 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
74
Age
34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NGINE FIRE UNKNOWN.

Investigator remarks

LANDED IN SWAMP.INTENTIONAL GR UP LDG.CAUSE OF E

Cause factors

  • 88/C/51 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Cause
  • 84/C/E C
    MISCELLANEOUS SMOKE IN COCKPIT Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2217. Source file NTSB_1968_3_2217.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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