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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW66F0395

1965-11-10 TYLER, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N634V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH 35-33

Year of manufacture

1960 · 5 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A84E73

Registrant of record

NUGENT WILLIAM C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N634V Beech 35-33 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

BEECH 35-33 · N634V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

POUNDS

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

070° / 6 kt

Temp

61° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,491 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,300

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TO THE NEAR EMPTY AUXILIARY TANKS.

Investigator remarks

TAKEOFF MADE WITH FUEL TANK SELECTORS POSITIONED

Cause factors

88/A/96 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
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/19 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
64/C/20 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause

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 3283. Source file NTSB_1965_3_3283.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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