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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC72FNC43

1972-05-29 WARREN, Vermont, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8012D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CONSOLIDATED AERONAUTICS INC. LAKE LA-4-200

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C (200 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19810519

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAE836

Registrant of record

WHITNEY STEVEN G

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8012D Piper PA-22 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-22 · N8012D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SUGARBUSH

Kind of flying

CY

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000022-5536

Total time

2,746 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,240

Age

23

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

R TANK.ACFT PLACARDED NOT TO USE UNLESS 1/3 FULL.

Investigator remarks

SIGHTSEEING FLT,3RD SINCE REFUELING.T/O MADE ON

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/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 0456. Source file NTSB_1972_3_0456.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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