NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA75DLA49
Registry · N5425L
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5
Year of manufacture
1973 · 2 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19730319
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6E26C
Registrant of record
HAMILTON PAUL DBA
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
GRUM AMER AA-5 · N5425L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C4
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
COASTAL
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
120° / 3 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000AA5-0325
Total time
353 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
276
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
BORNE IN TIME.WET GRASS,BRAKES INEFFECTIVE.
Investigator remarks
PIC REJECTED TKOF,FELT ACFT WOULD NOT BECOME AIR
Cause factors
- 65/A/17 A COPILOT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/06 A PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/31 A PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/J/BA J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY Joint cause
- 88/J/DH J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint cause
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 2460.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_2460.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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