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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD79FIA14

1979-07-08 WARRENTON, Virginia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9629U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

UVIFY 810-00028

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD673A

Registrant of record

PIXIS DRONES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9629U GRUM AMER AA-5 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

GRUM AMER AA-5 · N9629U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

280° / 3 kt

Temp

79° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000AA5-0829

Total time

1,364 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

45

Age

32

Investigator remarks

EXHAUSTED FUEL IN L TANK.RIGHT TANK WAS FULL.

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/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
88/C/07 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Cause
64/B/25 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF

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 1566. Source file NTSB_1979_3_1566.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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