NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA71AM010
Registry · N98271
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172P
Year of manufacture
1984
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19841108
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADB5F9
Registrant of record
MASTIN AVIATION INC
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-28 · N98271
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
BRUNSWICK MUN.
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
260° / 10 kt
Temp
94° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000028-26139
Total time
700 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
295
Age
26
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AFT L/O.ABT 244LB OVR GR WT.DNSTY ALT APRX 2500FT
Investigator remarks
PLT AT CTLS UNKN,BOTH QLFD.ACFT NOSE HI DURG AND
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/C/16 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause
- 64/C/81 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF Cause
- 88/C/76 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Cause
- 83/B/I B TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
- 82/L/U L WEATHER HIGH TEMPERATURE
- 82/L/W L WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE
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 1591.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_1591.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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