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Event MKC69F0046

1968-06-03 MINOT, North Dakota, United States Minor 2 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1048D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20M

Year of manufacture

2001

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20010412

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A01704

Registrant of record

DUMBRAVO DUSTIN C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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 195B · N2190C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

210° / 10 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,160 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

539

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WHEN EMPTY.

Investigator remarks

LIQUIDOMETER IN TANK DEFECTIVE,INDICATED 15 GAL

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/19 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
83/B/A B
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND
74/L/J2 L
POWERPLANT FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE

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 2194. Source file NTSB_1968_3_2194.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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