NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA80DLD63
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 401 · N3257Q
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
DZ
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000401-0057
Pilot
Certificate
ZA (ZA)
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ER TANK AUX FUEL SYS IN CABIN.
Investigator remarks
INJURY INDEX PRESUMED,OCCUPANTS FLED SCENE.BLADD
Cause factors
- 64/A/79 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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 1002.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_1002.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- NASA NTRS 2026 · Technical Memorandum (TM)
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