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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK78FVA23

1978-02-11 VISALIA, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1221Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES GALAXY

Year of manufacture

2001

Engine

P&W CANADA PW306A

Seats / Engines

19 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20021125

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A05DAA

Registrant of record

NONSTOP LEASING LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1221Q Cessna 150L 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 150L · N1221Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

VISALIA MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015072521

Total time

2,171 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

106

Age

29

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/23 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION

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 0072. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0072.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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