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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC81FCA01

1980-10-09 FENTON, Missouri, United States Serious 2 aircraft Status: Completed

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

BELLANCA 17-30A · N8856V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

WEISS

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

310° / 13 kt

Temp

68° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0038-78A0390

Total time

1,300 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

229

Age

37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TART ENG.STRUCK UTILITY POLE DRG LNDG.

Investigator remarks

PSND FUEL SEL BACK TO EMPTY TNK AFTER ATMTG TO S

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

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 3596. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3596.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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