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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC71FFD32

1971-01-09 MARLBORO, Massachusetts, United States None 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

CESSNA 150K · N6346G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Business

Airport

MARLBORO

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

360° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015071846

Total time

498 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

10,000

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FILLER.OTR PLT EXPD PWR LOSS THIS ACFT BFR ACDNT.

Investigator remarks

ICE PIECES ABT 1INX3INX5IN OBSVD THRU FUEL TANK

Cause factors

  • 64/C/33 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
  • 68/C/D2 C
    PERSONNEL IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 84/C/G C
    MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
  • 88/C/70 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-IN FUEL Cause
  • 83/B/C B
    TERRAIN ICY

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 0157. Source file NTSB_1971_3_0157.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.