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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA76FLD30

1975-11-28 TITUSVILLE, Florida, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

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 337 · N997RL

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

DUNN AIRPARK

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

290° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000337-0375

Total time

1,730 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,200

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ULL.

Investigator remarks

PLT RAN MAIN FUEL TANKS DRY BUT AUX TANKS WERE F

Cause factors

  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/19 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 88/B/48 B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES
  • 83/K/I K
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 4051. Source file NTSB_1975_3_4051.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.