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MIA72IM084

1972-02-21 · COLUMBUS, Mississippi, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N259S

Make / Model
MARTIN 404
Year of manufacture
1964 · 8 years old at event
Engine
AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
Seats / Engines
52 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19640925
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A27A7D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MARTIN 404 · N259S
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B1
Airport
LOWNDES COUNTY

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000014233
Total time
42,418 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
7,672

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

INTO SOFT EARTH.1ST OFFICER BUSY IN COCKPIT.

Investigator remarks

CAPT THOUGHT ACFT HAD CLEARED TWY,TURNED OFF TWY

Cause factors

  • 64/A/33 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 65/J/08 J
    COPILOT Joint cause
  • 80/J/A5 J
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES TAXIWAY LIGHTING AND MARKING Joint cause
  • 80/J/A4 J
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES RAMP FACILITIES Joint cause
  • 68/J/H9 J
    PERSONNEL OTHER Joint cause
  • 88/J/45 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 4 0005. Source file NTSB_1972_4_0005.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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