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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK76FVM29

1976-03-14 MONTEREY, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4402U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-181

Year of manufacture

2013

Engine

LYCOMING O-360-A4M (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20130516

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A54D4E

Registrant of record

CAE AVIATION ACADEMY PHOENIX LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4402U Cessna 150D 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

CESSNA 150D · N4402U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 18 kt

Temp

40° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001506042

Total time

4,148 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

111

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D IN 3HRS.

Investigator remarks

FORCED LDG ON GOLF COURSE AT DUSK. 4HRS FUEL USE

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
88/L/19 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY
83/K/Y K
TERRAIN OTHER 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 0489. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0489.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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