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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA74DLA29

1973-12-23 PENSACOLA, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8869K Stinson 108-1 None

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

STINSON 108-1 · N8869K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

VANNOY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

100° / 9 kt

Temp

52° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000108-1879

Total time

2,321 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

57

Age

33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

Y APPLIED TO MUCH L RUDDER.L BRAKE SPONGY.

Investigator remarks

DRG ATMPT ADDITIONAL PRES L BRAKE UNINTENTIONALL

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
80/B/BY B
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
70/L/CJ L
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)

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 3854. Source file NTSB_1973_3_3854.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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