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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC78FA062

1978-06-02 MATTITUCK, New York, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N5849M Cessna 310P Fatal

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 310P · N5849M

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

D

Airport

MATTITUCK

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

PARTIAL OBSCURATION

Wind

180° / 9 kt

Temp

71° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000310P-0149

Total time

1,471 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,864

Age

49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EMPTY.

Investigator remarks

FUEL SELECTORS ON AUX TANKS POSITION. AUX TANKS

Cause factors

64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION 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 2172. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2172.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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