NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA72AM009
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
BEECH C-45G · N9672C
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
E
Airport
CENTERVILLE
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000051-11765
Total time
4,736 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
3,547
Age
24
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CIRCLING APCH TOO HI.GO AROUND MADE IN TSTM AREA.
Investigator remarks
R ENG ROUGH PRIOR TO T/O,KNOWN TO PLTS AND SUPV.
Cause factors
- 64/C/01 C PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause
- 68/C/E5 C PERSONNEL DEFICIENCY,COMPANY MAINTAINED EQPMT,SERVICES,REGULATION Cause
- 74/C/AF C POWERPLANT VALVE ASSEMBLIES Cause
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 64/B/33 B PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
- 88/K/22 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH Joint factor
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
- 82/J/X J WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY 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 2140.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_2140.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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