NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA74DKT38
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
CAMAIR 480 · N215
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
PALM BEACH CO
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000001-059
Total time
1,750 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
IA (IA)
Total hours
8,200
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
BFR RWY.PITOT OPENING 3/4 CLOSED DIRT,DOBBER MUD.
Investigator remarks
ACFT OBSVD FLYING SLO NOSE HI.T/D IN GRASS AREA
Cause factors
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 64/B/25 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
- 75/L/JA L SYSTEMS PITOT SYSTEM
- 84/L/G L MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS
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 3871.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_3871.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Abstract
Convective Weather Avoidance with Uncertain Weather Forecasts
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 · Conference paper
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- NASA NTRS 2013 · Conference Paper
Thermodynamic and fluid mechanic analysis of rapid pressurization in a dead-end tube
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