NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA74DKG82
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
AERO COMDR A-9 · N8031V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
D
Airport
DUSTER STRIP
Kind of flying
CB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001598
Total time
900 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,400
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AT LNDD-OPOSITE DIR.
Investigator remarks
RWY-STEEP SLOPE. AT TOP OF SLOPE PLT SAW ACFT TH
Cause factors
- 84/C/7 C MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause
- 88/C/DF C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE Cause
- 80/L/BY L AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
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 2194.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_2194.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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