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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA75RM074

1975-03-29 WLKRS CAY, Other Foreign, Bahamas Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N88MW

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHEMPP-HIRTH DISCUS CS

Year of manufacture

2003

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20110725

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC1CA4

Registrant of record

WESTBROOK MICHAEL SCOTT

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N88MW Beech 95-B55 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 95-B55 · N88MW

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

WALKERS CAY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

150° / 4 kt

Temp

73° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000TC-1214

Total time

1,050 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

177

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MAS.

Investigator remarks

INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF BAHA

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 6 0034. Source file NTSB_1975_6_0034.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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