NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA76AM016
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
CESSNA 182C · N4079T
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
060° / 8 kt
Temp
83° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000018252979
Total time
1,416 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
730
Age
49
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TREES AT END.PREV FORCED LDG DUE FUEL STARVATION.
Investigator remarks
PLT PACED PASTURE AT 1050FT,ACTUALLY 876FT WITH
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/35 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/17 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
- 83/J/Y J TERRAIN OTHER 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 4052.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_4052.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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