NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA73FLD35
Registry · N41988
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GRUMMAN G-44A
Year of manufacture
1945 · 27 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING GO-480 SERIES (295 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19551012
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4F920
Registrant of record
SKY HIGH INVESTMENTS LLC
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
GRUMMAN G44A · N41988
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001419
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
5,000
Age
50
Investigator remarks
PLT NOT SEAPLANE RATED.
Cause factors
- 64/C/25 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
- 64/C/53 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Cause
- 83/L/H L TERRAIN GLASSY WATER
- 64/L/02 L PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
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 3670.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_3670.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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