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NYC73FFJ19

1973-03-21 · DUNKIRK, New York, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CAMAIR 480 · N216
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
DUNKIRK
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN
Wind
350° / 15 kt
Temp
30° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000001-060
Total time
1,611 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
516
Age
44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NOTED.ACFT OTR DIRECTION MADE SHARP L TURN.

Investigator remarks

PLT THOUGHT ENOUGH FUEL FOR SHORT FLT.DNWND APCH

Cause factors

  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
  • 84/B/7 B
    MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
  • 88/L/48 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0632. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0632.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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