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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA79FA083

1979-05-14 ARCADIA, Florida, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N80894

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ABBY AIR LLC 2003 RAPTOR

Year of manufacture

2003

Engine

ROTAX 582DCDI (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20071024

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB0345

Registrant of record

ABBY AIR LLC

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

GLOBE SWIFT GC1B · N80894

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D7

Operator type

D

Airport

CARLTON-SIDELL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

250° / 12 kt

Temp

87° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000297

Total time

2,256 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

850

Age

50

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

USING 10/15/66 DATA.SUPERCEDED BY 2/3/76 DATA.

Investigator remarks

ACFT APPROX 15LBS OVER MAX G/W.WT & BAL COMPUTED

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/14 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/J/D6 J
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Joint cause
  • 88/J/76 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Joint cause

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 3131. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3131.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.