NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA70DLD30
Registry · N72GT
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
LOCKHEED ELECTRA 10-E
Year of manufacture
1935 · 35 years old at event
Engine
P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)
Seats / Engines
12 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20040719
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A9A1DB
Registrant of record
MUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION
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
LOCKHEED 10E · N72GT
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
A7
Operator type
Business
Airport
TAMPA INTL
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001015
Total time
18,000 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
889
Age
28
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AKE RELEASE.CONTD NOSE OVER,PROPS,NOSE HIT RWY.
Investigator remarks
BRAKES SET,PWR APPLIED TO RAISE TAIL PRIOR TO BR
Cause factors
- 64/A/22 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 2521.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_2521.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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