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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA72AM040

1971-10-20 GT.INAGUA, Other Foreign, Bahamas Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N564E Lockheed 1049H Fatal

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 · N564E

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

D9

Operator type

Public use

Kind of flying

CU

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000004834

Total time

15,011 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

14,000

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SDICTION OF GOVT OF BAHAMAS.DMG,INJ INDEX PRESUMED

Investigator remarks

EXPLODED ON IMPACT WITH OCEAN. INVEST UNDER JURI

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 6 0038. Source file NTSB_1971_6_0038.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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