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MIA76AM076

1976-04-09 · BRIGHTON, Florida, United States · Fatal · 2 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PIPER J3C-65 · N70419
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Airport
PRIVATE STRIP
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
270° / 5 kt
Temp
70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000017412
Total time
2,390 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
350
Age
19

Cause factors

  • 74/C/KA C
    POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
  • 64/1/01 1
    PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Subordinate · 1
  • 64/L/34 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND OPERATED CARELESSLY
  • 64/L/20 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
  • 68/L/D6 L
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
  • 82/L/G L
    WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1944. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1944.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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