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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI71FDW05

1970-07-16 BLISSFIELD, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9014W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING 737-8

TCDS

A16WE · THE BOEING CO

Seats / Engines

175 seats · 2 engines

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC75DC

Registrant of record

BOEING CO

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9014W Piper PA-28 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-28 · N9014W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

150° / 5 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-10597

Total time

484 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

679

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MPTY,R TANK 7-9GALS.ACFT HIT DITCH.

Investigator remarks

CHGD FUEL SELECTOR TANK TO TANK RAPIDLY.L TANK E

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
64/C/44 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 1984. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1984.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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