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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC73FIA11

1973-02-04 HARTWOOD, Virginia, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N79530

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

HOWARD AIRCRAFT DGA-15P

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560712

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AACD72

Registrant of record

LARMON LARRY V

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N79530 Howard DGA15P 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

HOWARD DGA15P · N79530

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

HARTWOOD

Kind of flying

DG

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-26884

Total time

1,365 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,494

Age

49

Investigator remarks

HIT STINSON N9494K,SUBSTANTIAL DMG.

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
68/C/D8 C
PERSONNEL OTHER Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION 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 0026. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0026.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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