NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA73DKT78
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
LAKE LA-4 · N455
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
G
Kind of flying
DQ
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
150° / 18 kt
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000430
Total time
1,610 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
9,850
Age
36
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
F ACFT HIT PIER.WIND GUSTING 25K.
Investigator remarks
WATER RUDDER NOT EXTDD BFR LDG.NOSE AND R WING O
Cause factors
- 64/C/19 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT Cause
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 83/B/G B TERRAIN ROUGH WATER
- 82/L/J L WEATHER SUDDEN WINDSHIFT
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 1423.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_1423.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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