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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX75DUJ08

1974-07-01 POSTON, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9468R Snow 600S2C 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

SNOW 600S2C · N9468R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DE

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

RIO COLORADO STRP

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000001105C

Total time

3,865 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,600

Age

39

Investigator remarks

ENG QUIT,LNDD IN COTTON FLD. TANKS EMPTY.

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
83/B/D B
TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION

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 2734. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2734.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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