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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC73FNE35

1972-05-06 UNION, Connecticut, United States Serious 2 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7348X

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA R182

Year of manufacture

1977

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19771213

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A9DD6D

Registrant of record

MORENO ABEL CHACON DBA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

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 150B · N7348X

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

160° / 3 kt

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000026

Total time

1,980 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

174

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LT. GR ROLLED IN CORN FLD FURROWS.

Investigator remarks

MASTER ROD CAP BOLTS FAILED. PROP SEPARATED IN F

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/19 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED

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 1621. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1621.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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