NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA78DKJ51
Registry · N2HS
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-34-200T
Year of manufacture
1979
Engine
CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER (225 hp)
Seats / Engines
7 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19791101
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A18E11
Registrant of record
ISLAND PEARL AIRWAYS
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
SCHLEICHER ASW15 · N2HS
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
COSTAL AIRPORT
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
120° / 15 kt
Temp
86° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000015225
Total time
550 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
5,284
Age
46
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SPOILERS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED PRIOR TO APCH.
Investigator remarks
NOT FEELING WELL BEFORE TKOF DUE SPRAY PAINTING.
Cause factors
- 64/C/45 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 64/L/33 L PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
- 64/L/65 L PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
- 64/L/23 L PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
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 1590.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_1590.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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