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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA81FA105

1981-08-16 ST.CROIX, VI, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N6600M AERO COMDR 680FL Fatal

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

AERO COMDR 680FL · N6600M

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

ALEX. HAMILTON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

100° / 15 kt

Temp

88° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001367-41

Total time

2,917 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

2,000

Age

53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OUTBOARD TKS,MIXTURES LEAN,PROP NOT FEATHERED.

Investigator remarks

FUEL BOOST PUMPS FD IN OFF POSITION,FUEL SEL TO

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/C/20 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause
88/C/07 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES 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 2192. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2192.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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