NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA78FLD30
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
VOLKSPLANE VP-1 · N67025
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
VANDENBERG
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
350° / 5 kt
Temp
74° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000V2157
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,356
Age
53
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FOR SAFE FLT ACCORDING TO ACFT PLANS.
Investigator remarks
PLT STATED THAT PROP RPM OUTPUT WAS INSUFFICIENT
Cause factors
- 64/A/01 A PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/81 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 1437.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_1437.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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