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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC73FGM04

1972-07-30 BUTLER, Pennsylvania, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9911D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-150

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADD8D9

Registrant of record

SULLIVAN DANIEL J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9911D Piper PA-18A Minor

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-18A · N9911D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

BUTLER FARM

Kind of flying

DI

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

100° / 8 kt

Temp

71° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000018-6952

Total time

3,391 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

416

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FLD.R TANK EMPTY,L TANK FULL.PLT DIDNT CHNG TANKS

Investigator remarks

ENG LOST PWR,PLT RELEASED GLIDER.OVERSHOT CHOSEN

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/46 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
64/L/31 L
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT

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 1088. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1088.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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