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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC78FCA11

1978-01-02 WEST PLAINS, Missouri, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N686V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE GVIII-G800

Year of manufacture

2025

Engine

ROLLS DEUT BR700-730B214

Seats / Engines

9 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20250528

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A91B5C

Registrant of record

WILMINGTON TRUST CO TRUSTEE

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

BEECH M35 · N686V

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

WEST PLAINS MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000D6388

Total time

3,412 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

3,500

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

N.L MAIN 1/2 FULL,R MAIN FULL.

Investigator remarks

BOTH AUX TANKS FOUND DRY,SELECTOR ON AUX POSITIO

Cause factors

  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/19 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 83/B/I B
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

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 0417. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0417.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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