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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW78FRD57

1978-09-17 PATTERSON, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5507M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERO COMMANDER 200D

Year of manufacture

1967 · 11 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A702C4

Registrant of record

VASENDEN ARNOLD V

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5507M AERO COMDR 200D 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

AERO COMDR 200D · N5507M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

120° / 15 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000378

Total time

1,070 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

13,950

Age

53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

K DRY.

Investigator remarks

R MAIN GR WOULD NOT FULLY RETRACT.RAN L MAIN TAN

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/19 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
88/B/DG B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP
70/L/CB L
AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY

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 3851. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3851.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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