NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA71FLA46
Registry · N822W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CUB CRAFTERS INC CCK-1865
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB3A3D
Registrant of record
COTTON WAYNE L
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
WING D-1 · N822W
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
K
Airport
FT WALTON BEACH
Kind of flying
DY
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000004
Total time
239 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
6,310
Age
53
Investigator remarks
PLT 1ST FLT IN EXPERIMENTAL TYPE ACFT.
Cause factors
- 64/A/31 A PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 0287.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_0287.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2023 · Faculty research project
A qualitative analysis of social and emotional perspectives of airline passengers during the COVID-19 pandemic
This paper investigated how willing participants were to fly during COVID-19, and found that their major concerns involved fear and trust issues with airlines, information, and other people.
- NASA NTRS 2023 · Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Fatigue, Schedules, Sleep, and Sleepiness in U.S. Commercial Pilots During COVID-19
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- Semantic Scholar 2022 · Article (ORL)
Olfactory Training Impacts Olfactory Dysfunction Induced by COVID-19: A Pilot Study
Introduction: Olfactory dysfunction is one of the main symptoms of COVID-19 and may last beyond resolution of the infection.
- Semantic Scholar 2022 · Article (Journal of Safety Research)
The effect of COVID-19 on self-reported safety incidents in aviation: An examination of the heterogeneous effects using causal machine learning
Introduction: Disruptions to aviation operations occur daily on a micro-level with negligible impacts beyond the inconvenience of rebooking and changing aircrew schedules.
- arXiv 2021 · arXiv preprint
UAV-based Crowd Surveillance in Post COVID-19 Era
To cope with the current pandemic situation and reinstate pseudo-normal daily life, several measures have been deployed and maintained, such as mask wearing, social distancing, hands sanitizing, etc.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Technical Memorandum (TM)
Air Traffic Management Technology Demonstration 1 (ATD-1) Tech Transfer Document Summary: Version 3.0
This document summarizes transfer of NASA's terminal sequencing and spacing (TSS) and interval management (IM) technologies to the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration), as part of its Air Traffic Man…
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