NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA69F0286
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
CARVER COPTER · N54055
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
I
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
BROOKVILLE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 10 kt
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Total time
50 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
129
Age
37
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 88/C/63 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
- 83/B/I B TERRAIN HIGH 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 4263.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_4263.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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