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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA80FLD03

1979-10-25 FT MYERS, Florida, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8963Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING 737-8

Year of manufacture

2025

TCDS

A16WE · THE BOEING CO

Engine

CFM INTL LEAP-1B28 SER

Seats / Engines

175 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20250627

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC5E6E

Registrant of record

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8963Q AERO COMDR 600S2R Minor

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

AERO COMDR 600S2R · N8963Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DH

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000001633R

Total time

3,126 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

18,919

Age

41

Investigator remarks

ENGINE MAGNETO DRIVE GEAR FAILED.

Cause factors

74/C/AY C
POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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 3640. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3640.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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