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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD71DID16

1970-11-25 WAYNESBORO, Virginia, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7069G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172K

Year of manufacture

1969 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19691213

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A96E72

Registrant of record

AJF ENTERPRISES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7069G Cessna 172K 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

CESSNA 172K · N7069G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017258769

Total time

358 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

100

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BUT COULDNT FIND ALT ARPT BEFORE ENG QUIT.

Investigator remarks

DIDNT CK TANKS BEFORE T/O. TURNED AROUND ENROUTE

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
64/L/03 L
PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
83/K/F K
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 4235. Source file NTSB_1970_3_4235.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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