NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA80FLD83
Registry · N207DM
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MCKENNA HUGH E MCKENNA CHARGER
Year of manufacture
1985
Engine
LYCOMING O-320 SERIES (150 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20061021
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1AC5B
Registrant of record
THOMSON MARY ELLEN
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
QUICKIE MONROE · N207DM
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
MELBOURNE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
173° / 14 kt
Temp
83° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000207
Total time
27 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
212
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
LNDD TO AVOID TREES.
Investigator remarks
X-WIND EXCEEDED ACFT'S CONTROL CAPABILITY.CRASH
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/80 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/A/7 A MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2430.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_2430.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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