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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW80FRG60

1980-08-02 SAN ANTONIO, Texas, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

CESSNA 152 · N25580

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Y

Kind of flying

CF

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

140° / 9 kt

Temp

84° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015280745

Total time

1,054 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,328

Age

42

Investigator remarks

ACFT ON NIGHT AD FLT.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/19 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
  • 83/K/I K
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 1289. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1289.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.