NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA74FLD49
Registry · N7J
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH A36
Year of manufacture
2000
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20000428
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A950A4
Registrant of record
KOSCO MATTHEW D
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
PITTS S1C · N7J
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Airport
LEESBURG MUNI
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
080° / 11 kt
Temp
69° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000061564-65
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,000
Age
49
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ST,ROLL RVRSD HIT GND BFR REACHING WING LVL FLT.
Investigator remarks
ACFT ROLLED TO INVERTED PSN ABT 250FT AGL.ALT LO
Cause factors
- 64/A/52 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/14 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 4170.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_4170.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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