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MIA79FKA04

1979-02-25 · PONCE, Puerto Rico, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
AEROSTAR 600A · N8077J
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
E
Airport
MERCEDITA
Kind of flying
CI

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
060-0560-182
Total time
50 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,585
Age
36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D FOR NIGHT,RUNWAY LIGHTS NOT ON.

Investigator remarks

PILOT LANDED 150 FT LEFT OF RUNWAY AIRPORT CLOSE

Cause factors

  • 64/A/15 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 80/J/A3 J
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES RUNWAY LIGHTING Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0447. Source file NTSB_1979_3_0447.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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