NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA80FA012
Registry · N8060C
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA UC-78
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 2 engines
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AAFA82
Registrant of record
SHOOTING STAR MUSEUM
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
DOUGLAS C-54D · N8060C
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Day
Weather
Marginal VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Operator type
Y
Airport
PRIVATE
Kind of flying
DY
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000010563
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
24,200
Age
56
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
DAYBREAK.15000LBS MARIJUANA ABD.
Investigator remarks
COLLIDED W TREES ON RISING TRRN NR SOD STRIP AT
Cause factors
- 64/A/17 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
- 88/J/26 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS STOLEN OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF AIRCRAFT 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 3228.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_3228.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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