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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK75AP023

1974-12-12 RENO, Nevada, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N30374

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA T210L

Year of manufacture

1973 · 1 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19730516

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A32DE1

Registrant of record

CANIHAN WILLIAM R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N30374 Cessna 210T Serious

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 210T · N30374

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

E

Airport

RENO INTL

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

280° / 12 kt

Temp

47° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000021059918

Total time

1,426 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

10,002

Age

46

Investigator remarks

DIDNT REFUEL AT ENROUTE STOPS.

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
88/B/DG B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP
83/K/F K
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN 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 4147. Source file NTSB_1974_3_4147.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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