NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA72AM005
Registry · N50571
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELLANCA 8KCAB
Year of manufacture
1979
Engine
LYCOMING AEIO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790731
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A64FEA
Registrant of record
CAPE COD AVIATORS
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
CESSNA 150J · N50571
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 8 kt
Temp
90° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000015069403
Total time
2,163 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
7,300
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
UN INTO HIWAY MEDIAN. PLTS TIME AS OF 1/18/71.
Investigator remarks
OBS SAW ACFT FLYING LOW AND SLOW ABOVE HIWAY. SP
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/53 J PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Joint cause
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 1583.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_1583.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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