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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW75DPJ07

1974-09-30 YUKON, Oklahoma, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9599L AMER AVCO AA5 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

AMER AVCO AA5 · N9599L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

CIMARRON

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000AA5-0599

Total time

213 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

307

Age

22

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D 3/4 FULL.INSTR DIDN'T PRE-FLT FUEL SYS.

Investigator remarks

SELECTOR ON R TANK.AFTR ACDT,TANK EMPTY,GAGE REA

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
74/C/J2 C
POWERPLANT FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE Cause
88/C/BR C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ERRATIC Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/23 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
88/L/91 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
66/L/31 L
DUAL STUDENT

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 3062. Source file NTSB_1974_3_3062.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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