NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA69F0462
Registry · N7122P
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
JOHNSON ROBERT E LEGEND XL
Year of manufacture
2006
Engine
ROTAX 582SER (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20070831
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A98627
Registrant of record
KROFT JOHN B
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
PIPER PA-24 · N7122P
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
BROOKSVILLE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Total time
1,472 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
326
Age
28
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
00RPM.
Investigator remarks
CRUISING ALT 4500 FT. POWER SETTING 24 IN AND 24
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/C/21 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
- 88/C/63 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
- 64/L/31 L PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
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 1199.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_1199.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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