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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC80FHJ06

1979-12-30 BAYPORT, New York, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N11112

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-12

Year of manufacture

2023

Engine

ROTAX 912ULS SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20240828

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A03280

Registrant of record

ELIOT E D

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

COUGAR AJ1 · N11112

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

D

Airport

EDWARDS

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

315° / 20 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000010201

Total time

187 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,006

Age

60

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EDGE OF FIELD.

Investigator remarks

NO FUEL IN FUEL FEED LINE TO ENG.STRUCK TREES AT

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
  • 83/K/I K
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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 3586. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3586.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.