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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN81FTC14

1981-04-30 RAWLINS, Wyoming, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N48262

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DEHAVILLAND DHC-1 CHIPMUNK

Engine

FAIRCHILD 6-440-C5 (200 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19820308

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5F34C

Registrant of record

CAVANAGH PATRICK D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N48262 DEHAVILLAND DHC-1 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

DEHAVILLAND DHC-1 · N48262

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

RAWLINS MUNI

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

340° / 8 kt

Temp

68° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000DH8F-499

Total time

1,871 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,132

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

REACHING ARPT.FND VENT OBSTD,UNKN MTRL,CAP LOOSE.

Investigator remarks

FUEL SIPHONED OVR REMOTE AREA,FUEL EXHAUSTED BFR

Cause factors

74/C/CJ C
POWERPLANT VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS Cause
88/C/AV C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOOSE,PART/FITTING Cause
84/C/G C
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
88/C/CF C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause
88/C/86 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL SIPHONING Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
83/K/F K
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 3339. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3339.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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