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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW74DPG77

1974-06-27 SPARKMAN, Arkansas, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2933G Callair A-6 Minor

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

CALLAIR A-6 · N2933G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DJ

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000288

Total time

1,385 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,687

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TOO LO TO EFFCT RECOVRY

Investigator remarks

PLT RAN FUEL TNK DRY,SW TNK AND RESTRTD ENG BUT

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION 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 1653. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1653.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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