NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA85LA183
Registry · N3TE
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CENTRAIR 101A
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A31C4E
Registrant of record
SHATTO MICHAEL L JR
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
THE PLT STATED THAT ON INITIAL CLIMB, REALIZING HE HAD NO ELEVATOR CONTROL, RELEASED THE TOW ROPE THAN DEPLOYED THE SPOILERS AND COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THE ELVATOR CABLE WAS NOT CONNECTED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1985_MIA85LA183.txt.
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