NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA92LA103
Registry · N91945
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
DOUGLAS AD4-DW
Year of manufacture
1952 · 40 years old at event
Engine
WRIGHT R3350-32WA (2900 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19930616
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ACBB1C
Registrant of record
MARINE AVIATION MUSEUM INC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
THE PILOT IN COMMANDS APPROACH AT HIGHER THAN NORMAL AIRSPEED AND HIS LANDING THE AIRCRAFT AT HIGHER THAN NORMAL AIRSPEED AT A POINT ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS DOWN THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT OVERRUNNING THE RUNWAY AND NOSING OVER.
Factual narrative
FLT WAS OBSERVED TO APPROACH AT HIGHER-THAN-NORMAL AIRSPEED AND TOUCHDOWN AT THE HALFWAY TO THREE QUARTERS POINT ON THE RUNWAY. THE PLT COULD NOT STOP THE ACFT ON THE RUNWAY. THE ACFT OVERRAN THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER. THE CANOPY COLLAPSED AND THE PLT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. SKID MARKS FROM THE ACFT WERE VISIBLE ON THE LAST 465 FEET OF RUNWAY. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1992_MIA92LA103.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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