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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA78FA099

1978-06-26 BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5644D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH E18S-9700

Year of manufacture

1958 · 20 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

10 seats · 2 engines

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A738AE

Registrant of record

BARNETT MATTHEW R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5644D Beech E18S 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

BEECH E18S · N5644D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

E

Airport

BIRMINGHAM MUNI

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

340° / 4 kt

Temp

77° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000BA360

Total time

10,361 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,900

Age

22

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MP,L WHEEL RAN OFF TWY,HIT UNDERGND FUEL SYST BOX.

Investigator remarks

TWR ADZD PLT OF FIRE,CONTD TAXIING ONTO UNLIT RA

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
70/C/CJ C
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause
88/C/BQ C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY Cause
88/C/AJ C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause
88/C/52 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN BRAKES,WHEEL ASSEMBLY,WHEEL WELL Cause
64/B/01 B
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT
88/B/07 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

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 4056. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4056.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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