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OAK73FVA31

1972-12-03 · ATWATER, California, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
NAVION L-17A · N5419V
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
150° / 12 kt
Temp
46° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000NAV4-1033
Total time
1,686 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
14,313
Age
48

Investigator remarks

TANKS EMPTY.CRASHED IN ORCHARD.

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/B/I B
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
  • 88/L/19 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY
  • 82/L/T L
    WEATHER ADVERSE WINDS ALOFT

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3827. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3827.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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