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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI72AC044

1971-11-11 LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2913T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERO COMMANDER 200D

Year of manufacture

1966 · 5 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660621

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2FC04

Registrant of record

BLAINE CHRISTOPHER

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2913T AERO COMDR 200-D 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

AERO COMDR 200-D · N2913T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

E

Airport

BOWMAN FLD

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000319

Total time

782 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

14,550

Age

54

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IN PASTURE.

Investigator remarks

R AUX TNK EMPTY,45 GAL LEFT IN 3 OTHER TNKS.LNDD

Cause factors

88/C/19 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/03 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
88/B/DG B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP

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 4448. Source file NTSB_1971_3_4448.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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