NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI72FEP24
Registry · N304L
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GLASFLUGEL 304CZ-17
Year of manufacture
2000
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20010801
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A32F28
Registrant of record
LARSON DONALD G
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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
MITSUBISHI MU2B20 · N304L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Business
Airport
EAST TROY MUNI
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
230° / 15 kt
Temp
44° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000137
Total time
1,316 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
15,958
Age
57
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
LT OUT OF ADJUSTMENT,INDCD 27-29GAL REMAINING.
Investigator remarks
FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE & LOW FUEL QUANTITY WARNING
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/C/32 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
- 88/C/63 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
- 74/L/J2 L POWERPLANT FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE
- 88/L/48 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES
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 4527.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_4527.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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