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MIA76FLD76

1976-08-06 · NORTH PORT, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N224MA has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA 172S, built 2000), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH F50 · N224MA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B9

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
330° / 15 kt
Temp
89° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000FH-72
Total time
1,009 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
ZA (ZA)

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NJURIES UNKNOWN.ATTEMPTED TKOFF UNSUITABLE TERRAIN

Investigator remarks

PLT TRANSPORTING DRUGS,DEPARTED ACCIDENT SCENE I

Cause factors

  • 64/A/17 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
  • 88/J/26 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS STOLEN OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF AIRCRAFT Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2698. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2698.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.