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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC74DAG96

1974-04-08 MCGRATH, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4241H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-14

Engine

LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES (140 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19680618

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A50CFE

Registrant of record

SKINNER JAMES A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4241H Piper PA-14 None

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

PIPER PA-14 · N4241H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

DE

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000014-44

Total time

2,344 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

CH (CH)

Total hours

1,327

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SELECTOR PLACARD WAS MISSING.

Investigator remarks

PILOT FAILED TO SELECT PROPER FUEL TANK.HE KNEW

Cause factors

64/C/01 C
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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 3 1965. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1965.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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