NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA81FA096
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
BEECH B95 · N27GD
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
260° / 25 kt
Temp
85° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000TD322
Total time
5,253 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
277
Age
22
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
.GUSTS TO 35KTS.INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Investigator remarks
RADAR PLOT SHOWED ACFT DESCENDED 4100FT IN 24SEC
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
- 82/J/L J WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS Joint cause
- 82/J/X J WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY 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 2190.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2190.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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