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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC68F0330

1967-12-15 BUTLER, Pennsylvania, United States Fatal 1 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

BEECH T-34 · N9182R

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

L

Airport

BUTLER-GRAHAM

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

260° / 13 kt

Temp

26° F

Aircraft history

Total time

4,991 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

300

Age

21

Investigator remarks

PLT DID NOT REFUEL AT ENROUTE STOP.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/27 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
  • 83/K/I K
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
  • 88/L/23 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION

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 2 0948. Source file NTSB_1967_2_0948.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.