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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC77DCG56

1977-09-20 ASHLAND, Missouri, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N11BA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-38-112

Year of manufacture

1978

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19780614

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A029F4

Registrant of record

MCCLOSKEY MICHAEL R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N11BA Piper PA-28 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

PIPER PA-28 · N11BA

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-25251

Total time

8,057 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

45

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ATION.

Investigator remarks

RAN TANK DRY.DIDN'T SWITCH TANKS AFTR FUEL STARV

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
64/C/20 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
88/C/07 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Cause

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 3011. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3011.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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