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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA81DKJ15

1981-08-21 DESTIN, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N86985

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELLANCA 8GCBC

Year of manufacture

1974 · 7 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19740607

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ABF3D4

Registrant of record

THOMAS LUCAS G

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N86985 Bellanca 8GCBC None

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

BELLANCA 8GCBC · N86985

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

DESTIN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

060° / 4 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000044-74

Total time

575 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,468

Age

39

Investigator remarks

PLT STATED WIND GUSTS TO 11KTS.

Cause factors

64/A/28 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/J/H J
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 2159. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2159.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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