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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW80FA087

1980-06-16 ALEDO, Texas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7DT

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELLANCA 7KCAB

Engine

LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES (150 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19760428

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A95039

Registrant of record

PEET EDWARD V

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7DT Cessna 337A Fatal

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 337A · N7DT

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

150° / 10 kt

Temp

87° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000337-0423

Total time

2,316 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,500

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

M AUX TANKS TESTED 3.5 PCT WTR.

Investigator remarks

MAIN FUEL TANKS DRY,AUX TANKS FULL.FUEL SAMPLE F

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
88/L/48 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES

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 3262. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3262.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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