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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX78FUG53

1978-09-10 RIALTO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N761FU Cessna 210T 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

CESSNA 210T · N761FU

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

RIALTO

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000021062230

Total time

413 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

231

Age

60

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

& FORGOT RE-START PROC.R TANK DRY,L TANK 10GAL.

Investigator remarks

PLT STATED HE DID NOT USE PRE-LANDING CHECKLIST

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/A/96 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/L/03 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE
88/L/07 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

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 2235. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2235.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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