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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW80FQG37

1980-08-09 KRESS, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N82682

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CHAMPION 7ECA

Year of manufacture

1970 · 10 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19960322

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB4AB0

Registrant of record

LONG JORY J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N82682 Piper PA-36 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

PIPER PA-36 · N82682

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 10 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0036-7960041

Total time

98 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,575

Age

47

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
88/K/DC K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOAD NOT JETTISONED Joint factor
83/K/A K
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND 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 1303. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1303.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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