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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX78DUJ10

1977-11-12 BENSON, Arizona, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9484M Cessna 210K Minor

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

CESSNA 210K · N9484M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

ELLSWORTH RANCH

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000021059384

Total time

1,289 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

368

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TRY GO AROUND,LOW FUEL STATE.

Investigator remarks

OVERFLEW SUITABLE ARPTS. L FUEL GAGE INOP. DIDNT

Cause factors

64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/45 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause
64/L/29 L
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
74/L/J2 L
POWERPLANT FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE
88/L/BR L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ERRATIC
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
88/K/DH K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 4163. Source file NTSB_1977_3_4163.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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