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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA76AM102

1976-08-08 ALAPAHA, Georgia, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N601G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

FETZER GEORGE 601XL

Engine

SUBARU ALL MDLS A/B (400 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20101204

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7CB8C

Registrant of record

WRIGHT BRADLEY P

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N601G AERO COMDR 680T Fatal

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

AERO COMDR 680T · N601G

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

E

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

73° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001605-44

Total time

1,724 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

2,850

Age

37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

0.150 PCT.DROPS OF FUEL ONLY IN DIVIDERS.

Investigator remarks

PLT OVERFLEW DEST BY 375 MILES.BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL

Cause factors

64/C/64 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INCAPACITATION Cause
88/C/67 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT Cause
88/C/62 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
88/C/48 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES Cause

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 2519. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2519.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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