NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA76DLA14
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
MURRAY AIR MA-1 · N97066
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
A0
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
HILLIARD
Kind of flying
CB
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000010
Total time
600 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
7,000
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IRE GUARD.
Investigator remarks
DRG ENG START COUGHED,BACKFIRED,CAUGHT FIRE.NO F
Cause factors
- 64/A/37 A PILOT IN COMMAND STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/51 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Joint cause
- 64/1/36 1 PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES Subordinate · 1
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 4071.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_4071.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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