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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC71AK011

1970-09-05 WASECA, Minnesota, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4388D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BLASKIE DANIEL R DRAGONFLY VIKING ACF

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5444A

Registrant of record

SULLIVAN PATRICK M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4388D Beech E50 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

BEECH E50 · N4388D

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

DEICHEN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000000EH38

Total time

1,808 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,000

Age

70

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LL DOWN. GR IN TRANSIT. OBS ON LOW,SLOW APCH.

Investigator remarks

FUEL SELECTORS-L ENG OFF,R ENG ON MAIN. FLAPS FU

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
88/K/22 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH Joint factor
88/K/07 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES 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 2315. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2315.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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