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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC79FNC49

1979-08-26 BANGOR, Maine, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2508P Piper PA-22 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-22 · N2508P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

BAB AIRSTRIP

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

110° / 10 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000022-2869

Total time

2,385 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,015

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

E LEFT FUEL TANK.

Investigator remarks

3 BY 8 INCH PIECE OF FOOD WRAPPING PLASTIC IN TH

Cause factors

84/C/G C
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause

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 3533. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3533.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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