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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC72FKM20

1972-01-22 SALISBURY, North Carolina, 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 · N5905G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015071405

Total time

681 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

658

Age

23

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

VFR APRT.EXHSTD FUEL ENRT,CRASH LNDD IN TREES.

Investigator remarks

FILED IFR W DESTN BLO MIN.CHG FP 15MI N DESTN TO

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/23 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION Cause
  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
  • 83/B/I B
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

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 0358. Source file NTSB_1972_3_0358.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.