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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC76FCG25

1975-09-15 SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N3486 Lockheed 12A Serious

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

LOCKHEED 12A · N3486

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EK

Operator type

D

Airport

SPRINGFIELD MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

130° / 6 kt

Temp

57° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001245

Total time

8,000 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

16,052

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CST.

Investigator remarks

LOC AND G/S UNRELIABLE.FUEL EX DRG CLB TO TOP OV

Cause factors

64/C/01 C
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause
64/C/26 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
82/L/A L
WEATHER LOW CEILING
82/L/B L
WEATHER RAIN
82/L/C L
WEATHER FOG

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 3118. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3118.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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