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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA78DLD24

1978-02-25 FORT PIERCE, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8977Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

QUICKSILVER MX II SPRINT

Year of manufacture

2012

Engine

ROTAX 582SER (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20120505

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC62B1

Registrant of record

ROSS JACQUELYN S

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8977Q Rockwell S2R None

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

ROCKWELL S2R · N8977Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

330° / 4 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000001647R

Total time

2,370 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

10,000

Age

49

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/19 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION 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 1584. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1584.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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