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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC71FHA43

1971-04-11 EASTON, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9787J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Year of manufacture

1967 · 4 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670331

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADA4B3

Registrant of record

BUTTER VALLEY GOLF PORT INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9787J Piper PA-28 None

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

PIPER PA-28 · N9787J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

EASTON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

320° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000028-3988

Total time

402 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

231

Age

56

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NG TO LND ON ARPT.

Investigator remarks

ENG QUIT ON TURN TO X-WIND LEG. CRASHED ATTEMPTI

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL 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 0342. Source file NTSB_1971_3_0342.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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