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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD78FA068

1978-05-26 BUMPASS, Virginia, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N10HF

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-22-150

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19550823

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A00310

Registrant of record

FRANCIS HARVEY B

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N10HF TED SMITH 601P Fatal

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

TED SMITH 601P · N10HF

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

Business

Airport

REST-A-WHILE

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

340° / 5 kt

Temp

71° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

061P-411-146

Total time

201 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,700

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EMPTY,LEFT 11,RT 18GALS.PLT RPTS NO LOW FUEL LIGHT

Investigator remarks

NIGHT 2 ENG FAIL,CRUISE DSCNT 13200FT.FUSE TANK

Cause factors

68/C/J2 C
PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN Cause
74/C/CY C
POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
88/L/48 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES
75/L/AY L
SYSTEMS OTHER
88/L/AL L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED
88/L/06 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE
83/K/H K
TERRAIN GLASSY WATER Joint factor
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 2988. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2988.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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