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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW79FPM03

1978-11-10 TULSA, Oklahoma, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4074Y

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 185A

Year of manufacture

1961 · 17 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19611219

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4C99D

Registrant of record

MCALEER JOHN D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4074Y Cessna 185A Serious

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 185A · N4074Y

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

JONES MEMORIAL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Temp

68° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001850274

Total time

1,440 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

IA (IA)

Age

39

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause

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 3681. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3681.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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