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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA74AM057

1974-01-11 PLACIDA, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

LOCKHEED 18-56 · N711FN

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

CAPE HAZE-ROTUNDA

Kind of flying

DY

Weather at impact

Sky

PARTIAL OBSCURATION

Temp

62° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002583

Total time

11,596 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

ZA (ZA)

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

INE POLE.VISUAL APCH.

Investigator remarks

CARRYING CONTRABAND CARGO.PLT UNKNOWN.HIT POWERL

Cause factors

  • 64/C/27 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/48 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
  • 64/C/15 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause
  • 82/L/C L
    WEATHER FOG
  • 83/K/I K
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
  • 88/L/26 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS STOLEN OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF AIRCRAFT

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 0117. Source file NTSB_1974_3_0117.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.