NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA78FA060
Registry · N877A
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE G-IV
Year of manufacture
2001
Engine
ROLLS-ROYC TAY 611SER
Seats / Engines
22 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20020622
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC1057
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
AERO COMDR 680F · N2998C
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
E
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Z
Kind of flying
DY
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
140° / 10 kt
Temp
74° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0680F-987-34
Total time
3,078 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
18,980
Age
67
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ILLANCE FOR SUSPICION OF NARCOTICS CONTRABAND.
Investigator remarks
ACFT FOUND IN CANAL ADJ TO ROAD.ACFT UNDER SURVE
Cause factors
- 64/A/35 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 2506.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_2506.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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