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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX76DUJ45

1975-11-29 AGUILA, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8932D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-22-160

Year of manufacture

1958 · 17 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC531B

Registrant of record

SOUTHWEST VENCAP PARTNERS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8932D Piper PA-22 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-22 · N8932D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

AGUILA

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

090° / 5 kt

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000022-6090

Total time

1,625 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,125

Age

39

Investigator remarks

PILOT FAILED TO SELECT PROPER FUEL TANK BFOR T/O

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/K/A K
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND 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 3340. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3340.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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