NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA81DA080
Registry · N6155V
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CAMERON BALLOONS US A-140
Year of manufacture
1996
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19960806
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8046C
Registrant of record
DAVIS CHET
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
LAKE 4-200 · N6155V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C4
Operator type
Business
Airport
PONCE HARBOR
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
120° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000809
Total time
400 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,221
Age
51
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
O AVOID BOAT.GEAR & WING FLOATS DMG.
Investigator remarks
ABORTED WTR TKOF AFTER EXCESSIVE RUN.LWRD GEAR T
Cause factors
- 64/A/06 A PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/J/7 J MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION 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 1194.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_1194.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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