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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA76DLD63

1976-06-14 BRANDON, Florida, United States None 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

AMER AVCO AA-5 · N5822L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Day

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

BRANDON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

090° / 3 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000AA5-0022

Total time

1,826 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

109

Age

34

Investigator remarks

PLTS FOOT SLIPPED OFF R RUDDER PEDAL.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 64/C/22 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS 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 2800. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2800.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.