NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA81IA110
Registry · N9539
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH 3NM
Year of manufacture
1952 · 29 years old at event
Engine
P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)
Seats / Engines
10 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19730523
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD435F
Registrant of record
JONES JAMES M JR
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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 3NM · N9539
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
E
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
E
Airport
JACKSONVILLE INTL
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000CA-241
Total time
8,423 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,512
Age
27
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
UPTED WHEN GEAR EXTDD,SHRT FINAL.FIRE TRK STNDGBY.
Investigator remarks
FUEL LEAK FM WORN O-RINGS,ENG PRIMER SYS.FIRE ER
Cause factors
- 74/A/CF A POWERPLANT PRIMING SYSTEM Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/BL A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DETERIORATED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/AJ A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/50 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT 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
5 0051.
Source file
NTSB_1981_5_0051.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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