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MIA81FA028

1980-12-22 · MIAMI, Florida, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
DOUGLAS DC3A · N3XW
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
E
Airport
MIAMI INTL
Kind of flying
CI

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
030° / 5 kt
Temp
73° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000034373
Total time
22,760 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
3,108
Age
28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BALANCE DATA,THIS FLT,SHOW 500LBS IN AFT COMPRT.

Investigator remarks

924LBS BAGGAGE IN AFT COMPRT,MAX LMT 600LBS.WT &

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/29 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
  • 68/J/E3 J
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE SUPERVISION/TRAINING OF RAMP CREWS Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3296. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3296.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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