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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA74AM058

1974-01-14 POMPANO BEACH, Florida, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2375

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DJI AGRAS T50

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A22588

Registrant of record

NOVADRONE 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

LOCKHEED 18 · N2375

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

POMPANO BCH MUNI

Kind of flying

DY

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

310° / 7 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002455

Total time

6,500 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

5,000

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

N TURN TO ARPT.OVR GWT.4000LB MARIJUANA ONBD.

Investigator remarks

FAILURE NR 9 EXH VLV R ENG.NOT FEATHERED.STALL O

Cause factors

  • 74/C/AD C
    POWERPLANT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 64/B/20 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
  • 88/B/07 B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
  • 64/L/33 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
  • 88/L/76 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G.
  • 64/K/27 K
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Joint factor
  • 82/K/A K
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint factor
  • 82/K/V K
    WEATHER OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION Joint factor

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 0650. Source file NTSB_1974_3_0650.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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