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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA81DKT77

1981-06-12 KEY WEST, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9109H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172M

Year of manufacture

1975 · 6 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19750924

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC9A46

Registrant of record

JUNIOR COAL CONTRACTING INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9109H Cessna 172M 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

CESSNA 172M · N9109H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

160° / 9 kt

Temp

81° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017266003

Total time

1,480 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

88

Age

19

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PRCTNRY DITCHING NR BOATS W ENG OPERG NORMALLY.

Investigator remarks

ENCTRD ELEC FAILURE,FUEL GAUGES MOVED TWD EMPTY.

Cause factors

64/A/27 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
75/J/AC J
SYSTEMS GENERATORS/ALTERNATORS Joint cause
88/J/95 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Joint cause
88/J/33 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ELECTRICAL FAILURE Joint cause
88/J/88 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 1237. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1237.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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