NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA79FA050
Registry · N28671
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHOEFER THOMAS J OSPREY 2
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2E7AC
Registrant of record
PERKINS ROBERT L
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
AMER AVCO AA-5B · N28671
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
060° / 5 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000AA5B-0744
Total time
480 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
544
Age
23
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
MPTED TURN AT ALT INSUFFICIENT FOR WGTP CLEARANCE.
Investigator remarks
LEAD ACFT OF 3 PLANES ENGAGED IN TAIL CHASE.ATTE
Cause factors
- 64/A/54 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE 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 1173.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_1173.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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