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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI74AC046

1973-12-05 PLYMOUTH, Michigan, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9909Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA U206G

Year of manufacture

1983

TCDS

A4CE · CESSNA

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19940104

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADD64E

Registrant of record

LAKE AND PENINSULA AIRLINES INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9909Z Beech C-45H Serious

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

BEECH C-45H · N9909Z

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

E

Airport

METTETAL

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

150° / 12 kt

Temp

51° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000AF-628

Total time

7,298 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

5,013

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BEFORE FIELD IN SIGHT.

Investigator remarks

VECTORS TO ALT ARPT DUE LO FUEL.BOTH ENG FAILED

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
64/B/25 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
64/L/29 L
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING

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 4098. Source file NTSB_1973_3_4098.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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