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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC70FCA01

1970-02-11 CHESTERFIELD, Missouri, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8864R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELLANCA 14-19-3

Year of manufacture

1961 · 9 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19610111

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC3713

Registrant of record

INTERNATIONAL AIR SERVICES INC TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8864R Bellanca 14-193 Minor

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

BELLANCA 14-193 · N8864R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

ARROWHEAD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

290° / 12 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000004226

Total time

1,869 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

293

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LEDGE OF FUEL INDICATOR SYSTEM.

Investigator remarks

FUEL SELECTOR SET ON EMPTY TANK. PLT LACKED KNOW

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
88/L/19 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY
64/L/31 L
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
83/K/A K
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Joint factor
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 0843. Source file NTSB_1970_3_0843.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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