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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC70F0194

1969-11-13 PRINCETON, New Jersey, United States Minor 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

BELLANCA 17-30 · N7349V

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

PRINCETON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000030210

Total time

48 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

500

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SE HIGH PITCH DWN HIT BLDG.BOTH DESTROYED BY FIRE.

Investigator remarks

FUEL EXHAUSTED,CHGD TNK,ENG SURGED.ACFT OBSVD NO

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
  • 64/B/23 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED

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 2782. Source file NTSB_1969_3_2782.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.