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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK73FVG34

1972-12-10 LINCOLN, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9304L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AMERICAN AVIATION AA-1A

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACE898

Registrant of record

BRAITHWAITE LESTER T

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9304L AMER AVCO AA-1A None

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

AMER AVCO AA-1A · N9304L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

LINCOLN MUNICIPAL

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000AA1A-0004

Total time

490 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

EA (EA)

Total hours

482

Age

33

Investigator remarks

MINIMUM FUEL,EXTREMELY NOSE HI LDG APCH.

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/19 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
83/B/A B
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND

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 3830. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3830.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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