NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA82IA121
Registry · N101TV
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ROBINSON HELICOPTER R44
Year of manufacture
1998
TCDS
H11NM · ROBINSON HELICOPTER CO
Engine
LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19980824
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A00A28
Registrant of record
SKY HELICOPTERS INC
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
DOUGLAS DC-10 · N101TV
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Airport
MIAMI INTL
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
030° / 8 kt
Temp
82° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000046800
Total time
25,824 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
7,100
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AILED,TURB DISK SEPD,OVRSPD,BURST.DMGD WNG,OTR SYS
Investigator remarks
STAGE 1&2 RTR BLTS DMGD AFT ENG MAINT,FOD.BLTS F
Cause factors
- 68/C/D4 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
- 84/C/G C MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
- 74/C/PG C POWERPLANT WHEEL TURBINE Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 88/C/41 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RPM-UNCONTROLLABLE-OVERSPEED Cause
- 88/C/BE C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BURST Cause
- 84/B/D B MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE
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
1 0025.
Source file
NTSB_1981_1_0025.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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