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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA80FLD50

1980-04-13 ORLANDO, Florida, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 152 · N89154

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

HERNDON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

150° / 3 kt

Temp

78° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015282652

Total time

634 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

270

Age

43

Investigator remarks

MADE FORCED LNDG IN LK TO AVOID POPULATED AREA.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
  • 74/L/J2 L
    POWERPLANT FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE
  • 88/L/BR L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ERRATIC
  • 88/K/88 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint factor

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 0412. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0412.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.