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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA76AM095

1976-07-06 AUGUSTA, Georgia, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 337B · N5464S

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

ED

Operator type

E

Airport

DANIEL FIELD

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

040° / 3 kt

Temp

69° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000337-0564

Total time

3,117 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

379

Age

22

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ME BFR ACDT.TURN TO ALIGN ACFT WITH RWY.

Investigator remarks

PLT HAD NOT TAKEN ANY FOOD FOR A CONSIDERABLE TI

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/17 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/23 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/33 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/02 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/B J
    WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
  • 82/J/C J
    WEATHER FOG Joint cause
  • 88/J/62 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE 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 1942. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1942.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.