NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA72DLA01
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 150G · N4755X
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
L
Kind of flying
A1
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000015064805
Total time
3,307 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
36
Age
22
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SSES RAPIDLY,NOT WRITTEN OFF.HIT UTIL POLE,DIRT RD
Investigator remarks
MIL WX BRF,MRGNL VFR.DISCREPANCY,DIR GYRO PRECES
Cause factors
- 64/A/03 A PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/C0 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/A/I A TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/J/D6 J PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Joint cause
- 76/J/AF J INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES DIRECTIONAL GYRO Joint cause
- 82/J/V J WEATHER OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION 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 2660.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_2660.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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