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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA68D0468

1968-02-05 ORANGEBURG, South Carolina, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7092N

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ZENITH ZODIAC CH601XL

Engine

JABIRU 3300 (120 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20060727

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A978A8

Registrant of record

CARLSON BRUCE D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7092N Beech 95-D55 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

BEECH 95-D55 · N7092N

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Business

Airport

ORANGEBURG

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

315° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

40 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

8,000

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

E SELECTOR POSITIONED TO TANK WITH FUEL.

Investigator remarks

T/O WITH FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANKS. FUEL GUAG

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
88/B/48 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES
88/L/11 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ

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 0813. Source file NTSB_1968_3_0813.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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