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MIA81FA072

1981-05-13 · MIAMI, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N92JR has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CIRRUS DESIGN SR20), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

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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