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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA74IM036

1973-10-19 MIAMI, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N510FW DEHAVILLAND DH114 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

DEHAVILLAND DH114 · N510FW

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B2

Operator type

E

Airport

MIAMI INTL

Kind of flying

CM

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000014060

Total time

9,357 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

2,262

Age

23

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.BRAKE CABLE,P/N 4CF1911ND,SEPARATED AT SWAGE FIT.

Investigator remarks

COPILOT TAXI TO LOADING AREA.NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED

Cause factors

70/C/CJ C
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/C/BM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
68/L/D6 L
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION

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 5 0023. Source file NTSB_1973_5_0023.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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