NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA78FA121
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
CONVAIR 240 · N7177B
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Y
Airport
SUGAR CANE FLD
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
90° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000038
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NOT FOUND.
Investigator remarks
PILOT WAS NOT TYPE RATED IN CONVAIR 240.ELT WAS
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 88/C/87 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
- 64/L/31 L PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
- 64/L/33 L PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
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 3084.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_3084.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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