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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW76FPA12

1975-12-03 LANCASTER, Texas, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8896L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING 737-8

Year of manufacture

2023

TCDS

A16WE · BOEING

Engine

CFM INTL LEAP-1B28 SER

Seats / Engines

175 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20231109

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC4279

Registrant of record

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8896L Grumman AA1-B 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

GRUMMAN AA1-B · N8896L

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

LANCASTER

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000AA1B-0396

Total time

729 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,750

Age

37

Investigator remarks

R TANK EMPTY,L TANK FULL.

Cause factors

64/C/30 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
64/L/29 L
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
88/K/91 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING 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 3868. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3868.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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