NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA75DLA36
Registry · N7914R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH V35A
Year of manufacture
1969 · 6 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19690225
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AABEB0
Registrant of record
FRITH SMITH MICHAEL J
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
BEECH V35A · N7914R
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
PERRY-FOLEY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Temp
52° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00122062-8-B
Total time
1,085 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,300
Age
28
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
S AND ELECT SYS CKD OK.PLT CONCERNED WITH WX.
Investigator remarks
PLT RPTD ELECT FAIL,FLT ON TOP OVCST.EMGCY GR SY
Cause factors
- 64/A/19 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/DG A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/33 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ELECTRICAL FAILURE Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 64/1/31 1 PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Subordinate · 1
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 1450.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_1450.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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