NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA72AM039
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
LOCKHEED 1049H · N6912C
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D2
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000004809
Total time
33,684 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
7,200
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TAB RESULTED IN FLUTTER AND DMG TO ELEV.LND OK.
Investigator remarks
L ELEV TRIM TAB ACTUATING MECHANISM FAILED.FREED
Cause factors
- 75/A/CC A SYSTEMS ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/BQ A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CV A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/94 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/AH J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE 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 4463.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_4463.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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