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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA71AM062

1971-01-29 OCALA, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N4559Q Cessna 402A None

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

CESSNA 402A · N4559Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

E

Airport

OCALA MUN

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000402A0059

Total time

626 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

3,951

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

KED.FIRE IN ENG AND BAGGAGE COMPS.AD 69-26-7 CVRS.

Investigator remarks

MAIL FLT.CONT OIL FILTER ADAPTOR P/N 631645 CRAC

Cause factors

74/A/DB A
POWERPLANT LINES,HOSES,FITTING Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/95 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/50 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/51 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE 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 2490. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2490.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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