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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI78FEP23

1978-03-06 WAUKESHA, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8871L Grumman AA1-B 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

GRUMMAN AA1-B · N8871L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

WAUKESHA CO

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

00AA-1B-0371

Total time

131 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

409

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ED FUEL.

Investigator remarks

FUEL SELECTOR FOUND ON RT TANK,LEFT TANK CONTAIN

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/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
83/K/B K
TERRAIN SNOW-COVERED Joint factor
88/L/91 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING

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 0283. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0283.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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