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LAX81FVG24

1981-04-11 · WINTERS, California, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEDE BD-5B · N25BD
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
YOLO COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000897
Total time
63 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,300
Age
51

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

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Investigator remarks

PLT STATED FAILED TO SWITCH TO FULLEST FUEL TANK

Cause factors

  • 64/C/27 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/19 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0610. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0610.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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