NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA78FKJ28
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
BEECH H18 · N787Q
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
BIRMINGHAM MUNI
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000BA662
Total time
5,929 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
8,700
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LDG.
Investigator remarks
SHOP RAG FOUND BINDING NOSE GEAR EXTENSION SYS-N
Cause factors
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CE A AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/A/G A MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 1088.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_1088.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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