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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA75AM075

1975-04-25 SARASOTA, Florida, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N5776V Beech A23-24 Fatal

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

BEECH A23-24 · N5776V

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

150° / 10 kt

Temp

81° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000MA-26

Total time

1,524 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

92

Age

20

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

HOSE & ENG MOUNT. STRAIGHT FITTING INSTLD.

Investigator remarks

45 DEG FITTING REQ TO PROVIDE CLNC BTWN OIL PRES

Cause factors

68/C/D0 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
74/C/DB C
POWERPLANT LINES,HOSES,FITTING Cause
88/C/BG C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHAFED Cause
88/C/81 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM Cause
64/B/22 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED

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 3568. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3568.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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