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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC73FNE24

1973-03-13 GREENWICH, Connecticut, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N100QT

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH C90

Year of manufacture

1976

Engine

P&W PT6SER TP (500 hp)

Seats / Engines

9 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19860916

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A00624

Registrant of record

SOUTHWEST AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N100QT Cessna TP206 Serious

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 TP206 · N100QT

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

WESTCHESTER CO

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000P206-0393

Total time

1,412 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

9,554

Age

52

Investigator remarks

FUEL SELECTOR VALVE FOUND IN OFF POSITION.

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL 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 0738. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0738.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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