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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA72IM023

1971-09-01 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N801U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH 95-B55 (T42A)

Year of manufacture

1965 · 6 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19640714

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAE756

Registrant of record

SWINT MARK S

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

DOUGLAS DC-8F · N801U

Damage

None

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

A7

Airport

SAN JUAN INTL

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000045939

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

18,000

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MISC-CREW INCAPACITATION DUE GASEOUS INTOXICATION.

Investigator remarks

ENCLOSED GATE CONGESTED WITH OP GRND PWR EQUIP.

Cause factors

  • 84/A/J A
    MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 4 0008. Source file NTSB_1971_4_0008.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.