NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA72AM113
Registry · N6319U
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH A36
Year of manufacture
1982
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20001108
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A84519
Registrant of record
CURTIS ROBERT CASTON
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
AERO COMDR 500-B · N6319U
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
Business
Airport
HARTSFIELD
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
090° / 16 kt
Temp
53° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00001384-138
Total time
3,600 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,012
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
E. DESCENDED BLO MDA ON ILS APCH.1 HR DUAL IN TYPE
Investigator remarks
ACFT RADIOS OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE ENROUT
Cause factors
- 64/A/26 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/01 J PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Joint cause
- 64/J/31 J PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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 1238.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_1238.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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