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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA78FKT20

1977-12-13 MIAMI LAKES, Florida, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N23DF

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH C18S

Year of manufacture

1944 · 33 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

10 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19991013

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A20678

Registrant of record

SIMMONS AVIATION SERVICES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N23DF Grumman G-21 Serious

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

GRUMMAN G-21 · N23DF

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

OPA LOCKA

Kind of flying

DC

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

100° / 12 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001133

Total time

10,488 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

4,985

Age

29

Investigator remarks

70GALS R TANK,L TANK EMPTY.

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/19 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
88/L/03 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE
88/L/48 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES

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 4038. Source file NTSB_1977_3_4038.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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