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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA80FLD86

1980-07-31 GROVELAND, 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 150N · N1367Q

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

SHEETS

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

230° / 5 kt

Temp

95° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015072667

Total time

4,006 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

746

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ANDED IMMEDIATE DEP.TKOF NOT RCMDD W TNKS BLO 1/4.

Investigator remarks

BCM LOST,LNDD AT PRIVATE ARPT,LOW FUEL.OWNER DEM

Cause factors

  • 64/C/33 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
  • 64/L/03 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
  • 68/L/H9 L
    PERSONNEL OTHER

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 2086. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2086.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.