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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC66F0193

1965-08-30 FRANCONIA, New Hampshire, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4556U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AIR TRACTOR INC AT-402

Year of manufacture

1991

TCDS

A17SW · AIR TRACTOR INC

Engine

P&W PT6A SERIES (500 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19910418

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A587EC

Registrant of record

AIR CARE LEASING LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4556U Cessna 150D Minor

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

CESSNA 150D · N4556U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

FRANCONIA

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

300° / 5 kt

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Total time

539 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,080

Age

22

Cause factors

88/A/63 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING 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 2475. Source file NTSB_1965_3_2475.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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