NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW80FQA35
Registry · N1963S
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BUCKER-JUNGMAN 131
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19900416
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A18147
Registrant of record
SURGENT RICHARD L
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
BUCKER JUNG 1.131 · N1963S
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000E3B-616
Total time
309 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,550
Age
56
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SIGHT GAGE DISCOLORED INSIDE WITH DIRT.
Investigator remarks
PLT SKIDDED ACFT IN TURN BFR PWR LOSS.FUEL QNTY
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/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 74/L/CY L POWERPLANT OTHER
- 88/L/BQ L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY
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 1274.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_1274.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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