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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA74FKG06

1973-07-21 AUGUSTA, Georgia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N1500Z Beech G18S 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 G18S · N1500Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

BUSH FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

040° / 3 kt

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000BA595

Total time

3,302 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,250

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TER.SUMPS NOT DRAINED AFTER FUEL SERVICE.

Investigator remarks

FUEL SAMPLE FROM L MAIN FUEL SCREEN CONTAINED WA

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/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
64/B/79 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 3323. Source file NTSB_1973_3_3323.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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