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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW73FRA10

1972-09-07 FRIENDSWOOD, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N6380R 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 · N6380R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

CLOVER FIELD,

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

170° / 7 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-21554

Total time

1,863 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

EA (EA)

Total hours

169

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RCED TO LND DWN WND.OVERRAN RNWY.FACTOR DARKNESS

Investigator remarks

RAN DRY ON ONE TNK.FAILED CHANGE OVER IN TIME.FO

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
80/B/BY B
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

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 3391. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3391.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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