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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI80FEM08

1979-12-19 HOLLAND, Michigan, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N47433 Ryan ST-3KR 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

RYAN ST-3KR · N47433

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001719

Total time

2,737 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

550

Age

53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

L TANKS OVER WATER.

Investigator remarks

PLT STATED AFT TKOF DSCNDG TO 100FT SWITCHED FUE

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/33 B
PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
88/B/14 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint factor

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 3938. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3938.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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