NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA76DLD07
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
BOWERS NRI · N3335
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
GILBERT FIELD
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
220° / 10 kt
Temp
85° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000001
Total time
401 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
56
Age
28
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 64/C/80 C PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
- 64/B/07 B PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
- 64/L/31 L PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
- 88/L/AQ L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
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 3785.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_3785.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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