NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW76FPG71
Registry · N368Y
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
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
Registrant of record
GOEBEL WILLIAM R
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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
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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
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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