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FTW76FPG71

1976-06-27 · JACKSONVILLE, Arkansas, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N368Y

Make / Model
BUHL LA-1
Year of manufacture
1931 · 45 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR A80 SERIES (80 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19751125
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A42C2A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BUHL LA-1 · N368Y
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
PERRYS AIRPORT
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Temp
88° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000157
Total time
1,314 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,185
Age
63

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WAS AWARE OF COND SUMP UNPORTED.

Investigator remarks

FUEL STARVATION DUE STEEP TURN AT LOW ALT.PILOT

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING 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
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
  • 88/L/06 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1691. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1691.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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