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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW72DQD12

1971-10-16 PECOS, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N65292

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING B75N1

Year of manufacture

1942 · 29 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING R680-17 (225 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20040925

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A897D6

Registrant of record

DAVENPORT ROSS K

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N65292 Boeing B75N1 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

BOEING B75N1 · N65292

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000756759

Total time

5,316 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

10,000

Age

49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DITCH IN PLOWED FLD.L GR FAILED.

Investigator remarks

EXHSTD FUEL DURG TURNARND,STALLED ACFT AVOIDING

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
84/K/7 K
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Joint factor
83/K/F K
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN 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 4434. Source file NTSB_1971_3_4434.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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