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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX74DUJ14

1973-08-28 PICACHO, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6661Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-6

Year of manufacture

1991

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C (200 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19910829

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8CD16

Registrant of record

WILLIAMS DAVID R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6661Z Piper PA-25 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

PIPER PA-25 · N6661Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DL

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

DUSTER STRIP

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000025-2261

Total time

2,111 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,680

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RUN.

Investigator remarks

ENGINE QUIT IN UNBALANCED FLAT TURN DURING SWATH

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/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
83/B/F B
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN

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 2623. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2623.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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