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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA74DKJ64

1974-06-30 FAIRHOPE, Alabama, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N62518 Bensen B8M Minor

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

BENSEN B8M · N62518

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

I

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

KLUMP AIRSTRIP

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 5 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000001

Total time

77 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

109

Age

72

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

INTO AIR.ACFT DID NOT RESPOND DUE LOSS OF L WHEEL.

Investigator remarks

HIT RUF PLACE IN SOD RWY.PLT TRIED TO PULL ACFT

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/B/81 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 1905. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1905.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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