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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA75DLA08

1974-08-14 JACKSONVILLE, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4944C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH D-45

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A621DB

Registrant of record

COKE RICHARD

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4944C Beech D45 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

BEECH D45 · N4944C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

L

Airport

HERLONG

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

060° / 6 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000B6283

Total time

4,727 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

726

Age

30

Cause factors

64/A/10 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR 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 2898. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2898.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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