NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI81FEI19
Registry · N45WA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
NORTH AMERICAN SNJ-4
Year of manufacture
1942 · 39 years old at event
Engine
P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19580925
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A571B8
Registrant of record
NORTH AMERICAN WARBIRDS INC
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
PITTS S-1E · N45WA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
FREEDOM
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
020° / 9 kt
Temp
58° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000AW-1
Total time
77 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
407
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PPING MAIN FUEL DRAIN FRM LEAKING.
Investigator remarks
PLT REPORTED HAVING DIFFICULTY DAY BFR ACDNT STO
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/CE L POWERPLANT FILTERS,STRAINERS,SCREENS
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 1022.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_1022.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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