NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC73AK002
Registry · N4N
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
WHEAT REPLICA CURTIS WRIGHT JR
Year of manufacture
1970 · 2 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790608
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4A91B
Registrant of record
WOODRUFF FAMILY LLC
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
WHEAT REPL CW-JR · N4N
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
FORTESCUE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000001
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
29,500
Age
59
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FELL FROM ACFT.SEAT BELT FOUND OPEN AND UNDMGD.
Investigator remarks
OBS HEARD ENG CEASE.SAW ACFT PITCH DOWN TO L.PLT
Cause factors
- 64/C/32 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
- 88/C/63 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
- 88/B/12 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED
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 0990.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_0990.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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