NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA79FKT95
Registry · N21JW
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ENGINEERING & RESEARCH ERCOUPE 415-D
Year of manufacture
1946 · 33 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560623
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1B806
Registrant of record
MAXIMUS AVIATION 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
CESSNA 414 · N21JW
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Z
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Z
Kind of flying
DY
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
000004140090
Pilot
Certificate
ZA (ZA)
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RG LNDG ON ROAD BTN SUGAR CANE FLDS.ACFT ABNDD.
Investigator remarks
INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.L WNG TIP HIT SUGAR CANE D
Cause factors
- 64/A/35 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN 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 3684.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_3684.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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