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MIA78FA075

1978-05-01 · DURBIN, Florida, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
LOCKHEED 18-56 · N9051
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
DY

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000002715

Pilot

Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
8,000
Age
35

Investigator remarks

CUSTOMS AGENTS WERE LOOKING FOR ACFT.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/53 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1233. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1233.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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