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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW73DRJ23

1972-12-06 HALLSVILLE, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1750T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1970 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19701030

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A12E2A

Registrant of record

VAN STRAND INVESTMENTS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1750T Piper PA-28 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

PIPER PA-28 · N1750T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

EASTSIDE AIRPORT

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

330° / 12 kt

Temp

28° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000287125068

Total time

1,027 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

281

Age

21

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NO SUITABLE EMERG LDG AREA,INSTR PLT CUT MIXTURE.

Investigator remarks

COLD OAT,INSUFFICIENT ALT FOR RESTART PROCEDURE,

Cause factors

64/C/30 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/53 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
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 3854. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3854.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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