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MIA78FKT20

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

N23DF has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BEECH C18S, built 1944), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

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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