NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA78FA053
Registry · N2038L
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
NOORDUYN UC-64A
Seats / Engines
9 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1A0A3
Registrant of record
BROOKS JEFFREY W
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
LAKE LA-4 · N2038L
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
LAKE DISSTON
Kind of flying
A2
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000371
Total time
840 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
175
Age
18
Cause factors
- 64/A/49 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/25 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause
- 88/J/AQ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint cause
- 67/J/30 J CHECK PILOT 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 0775.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_0775.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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