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DEN78FQD19

1978-04-13 · DEMING, New Mexico, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA T337E · N86505
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
E
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000033701211

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
709
Age
31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

,R MAIN UNDET AMT,FT SEL ON L AUX,REAR ON R AUX.

Investigator remarks

L MAIN FUEL TANK FULL,L AUX EMPTY,R AUX EST 5GAL

Cause factors

  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/19 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 64/B/10 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1390. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1390.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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