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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA75FKG50

1974-12-02 AUGUSTA, Georgia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8776Z Cessna P206 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 P206 · N8776Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

BUSH FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

280° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000P206-0576

Total time

1,120 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

3,000

Age

48

Investigator remarks

R WING FUEL CAP LOOSE HELD BY CHAIN.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
74/C/CJ C
POWERPLANT VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS Cause
88/C/29 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
88/C/86 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL SIPHONING Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

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 4081. Source file NTSB_1974_3_4081.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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