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MIA82FA023

1981-12-16 · SUMMERLAND KEY, Florida, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MAULE M-6 · N56499
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
SUMMERLAND
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
030° / 13 kt
Temp
65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000007396-C
Total time
6 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,000
Age
38

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/31 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3486. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3486.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.