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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW81FRG01

1980-10-11 SAN ANTONIO, Texas, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4815V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING E75

Year of manufacture

1943 · 37 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20051102

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5EF6B

Registrant of record

SIX-THREE-OH LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4815V Bellanca 17-30 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

BELLANCA 17-30 · N4815V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

STINSON MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

050° / 6 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000030085

Total time

1,968 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

364

Age

34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TRANSMTR OPEN CONTACT.

Investigator remarks

INOP FUEL GAGE NOT WRITTEN UP ON PREV FLTS.GAGE

Cause factors

68/C/E5 C
PERSONNEL DEFICIENCY,COMPANY MAINTAINED EQPMT,SERVICES,REGULATION Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
74/L/J2 L
POWERPLANT FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE
88/L/CG L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OPEN
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 2693. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2693.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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