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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI74FEA16

1973-10-19 LAFAYETTE, Indiana, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8509U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING 737-800

Year of manufacture

2016

TCDS

A16WE · BOEING CO

Engine

CFM INTL CFM56-7B27E/F

Seats / Engines

175 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20161108

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ABAAFE

Registrant of record

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8509U Cessna 172F Minor

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

CESSNA 172F · N8509U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

PURDUE UNIVERSITY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

280° / 7 kt

Temp

63° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017252409

Total time

1,743 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

83

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LITE OF OTR ARPT CONT FLT TO PLANNED DEST.

Investigator remarks

WINDS STRONGER THAN PLANNED.FSS ASIST,PLT OBSVD

Cause factors

64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
83/B/A B
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND
82/L/T L
WEATHER ADVERSE WINDS ALOFT

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 2974. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2974.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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