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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW80FQA39

1980-09-14 FORT SUMNER, New Mexico, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4123H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-15

Engine

CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4DE57

Registrant of record

ENGLER ERIC M DBA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4123H Piper PA-15 Minor

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

PIPER PA-15 · N4123H

Damage

Substantial

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

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000006

Total time

3,000 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

6,200

Age

41

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
74/L/J2 L
POWERPLANT FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE
88/L/BR L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ERRATIC
83/K/F K
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor

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 2818. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2818.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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