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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW72FQD15

1971-11-06 MARFA, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N10JR

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-4

Year of manufacture

1992

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19921125

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A00333

Registrant of record

RYAN JACK

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N10JR Beech C-45H 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 C-45H · N10JR

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

E

Airport

MARFA

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Aircraft history

Serial number

000052-10819

Total time

4,595 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

5,600

Age

37

Investigator remarks

FUEL NOT CHECKED PRIOR FLT.

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
83/B/F B
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
88/L/48 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES

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 4132. Source file NTSB_1971_3_4132.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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