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MIA80FLA17

1980-03-15 · N SMYRNA BEACH, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
AERO COMDR 680F · N2302P
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Z
Airport
NEW SMYRNA BEACH
Kind of flying
DY

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000001547106

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Age
33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ED ACFT STRUCK UNK OBJECTS ON DEPT FM JAMAICA.

Investigator remarks

ACFT TRANSPORTING ILLEGAL DRUGS.CUSTOMS OFF STAT

Cause factors

  • 64/C/54 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause
  • 64/B/12 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1873. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1873.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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