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MIA78DA068

1978-04-19 · MELBOURNE, Florida, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BOEING 727-25 · N8136N
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000018287
Total time
39,170 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
21,300
Age
44

Cause factors

  • 82/A/L A
    WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/A/K4 A
    PERSONNEL PASSENGER Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/A/R0 A
    PERSONNEL FLIGHT ATTENDANT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/12 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/CZ J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEAT BELT SIGN ON Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 1 0012. Source file NTSB_1978_1_0012.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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