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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA72FLG40

1972-05-16 COLUMBIA, South Carolina, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4AC

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 337G

Year of manufacture

1972 · 0 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19730328

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4A7F2

Registrant of record

WRIGHT THOMAS L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4AC Cessna A185E 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 A185E · N4AC

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

OWENS

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

310° / 8 kt

Temp

81° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018501935

Total time

141 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,301

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NWIND.LND IN BRUSH 200 YDS SHORT RWY.6-10 GALS ABD

Investigator remarks

LDG COLUMBIA DUE LOW FUEL STATE. ENG QUIT ON DOW

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
64/B/48 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE

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 1714. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1714.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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