NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA81FA072
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
MITSUBISHI MU-2 · N92JR
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
TAMIAMI
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
160° / 4 kt
Temp
82° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000006
Total time
2,487 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,260
Age
22
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
EL QUANTITY INDICATING SYS NOT CALIBRATED.
Investigator remarks
FAR 91.217 N/C/W,100HR INSPECTION IN PROGRESS,FU
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/C/32 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
- 88/C/23 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION Cause
- 88/C/63 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
- 68/L/D6 L PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
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 2174.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2174.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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