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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA70DKT24

1970-06-14 BOYNTON BEACH, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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-28 · N7219F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SOUTHERN CROP

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

090° / 5 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-25130

Total time

1,260 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

270

Age

22

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 80/L/BA L
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY

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 2571. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2571.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.