NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA78FA004
Registry · N74177
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 177RG
Year of manufacture
1974 · 3 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D (200 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19740207
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A9F9AE
Registrant of record
CAMPBELL PETER SHANE
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
CURTIS-WRT C-46F · N74177
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
MIAMI INTL
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
310° / 15 kt
Temp
79° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000022596
Total time
21,731 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
7,182
Age
30
Investigator remarks
#2 ENG HYD PUMP RUPTURED.
Cause factors
- 64/A/31 A PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/20 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/07 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 75/J/BB J SYSTEMS HYDRAULIC PUMPS Joint cause
- 88/J/95 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Joint cause
- 88/J/38 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDRAULIC FAILURE Joint 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 3647.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_3647.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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