NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA75FLA38
Registry · N3SK
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5B
Year of manufacture
1979
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790806
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A31C3A
Registrant of record
MILLER CHAD L
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
DSK 1-HAWK · N3SK
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
COASTAL
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
360° / 8 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000001
Total time
94 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
367
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ENG CUT OUT.ACFT RSTRD ABRUPT CHANGE MAN.
Investigator remarks
PLT MADE MAX PERF CLB AT ANGLE OF APRX 50-55 DEG
Cause factors
- 64/C/20 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause
- 68/C/J2 C PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN Cause
- 74/C/CY C POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
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 2464.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_2464.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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