NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW78DRA14
Registry · N7742F
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 150F
Year of manufacture
1966 · 12 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19660514
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA7A87
Registrant of record
KOVAC KENNETH K
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
CESSNA 15OF · N7742F
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D2
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Temp
55° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000015063842
Total time
2,220 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
97
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TO CONTINUE FLIGHT.
Investigator remarks
PLT NOTICED FUEL GAGES READING EMPTY BUT ELECTED
Cause factors
- 64/C/27 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/C/32 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
- 88/C/63 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
- 83/B/A B TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND
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 0597.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_0597.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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