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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA76FLA55

1976-06-12 CRESCENT BEACH, Florida, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N400RM

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 500

Year of manufacture

1975 · 1 years old at event

Engine

P&W CANADA JT15D-1

Seats / Engines

8 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19810601

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4AE24

Registrant of record

CHARLIE TANGO LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N400RM Piper PA-24 Minor

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

PIPER PA-24 · N400RM

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000026-22

Total time

1,055 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

750

Age

25

Cause factors

64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/25 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF

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 1639. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1639.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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