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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA71AS001

1970-07-10 MARSING, Idaho, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N156

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA T182T

Year of manufacture

2012

TCDS

3A13 · TEXTRON AVIATION INC

Engine

LYCOMING TIO-540-AK1A (235 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20140709

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0E078

Registrant of record

KOCHE GARY

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

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

LOCKHEED TV-2 · N156

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

G

Airport

HOMEDALE

Kind of flying

DQ

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000128705MIL

Total time

6,196 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

15,690

Age

54

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T FAMILIAR WITH ACFTS ELEC SYS MODES IN FLT MANUAL

Investigator remarks

UNABLE TO TRANSFER FUEL,ELEC DRIVEN PUMPS.PLT NO

Cause factors

  • 75/C/AA C
    SYSTEMS BATTERIES Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 88/C/33 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ELECTRICAL FAILURE Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 64/C/31 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause
  • 83/B/F B
    TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 0765. Source file NTSB_1970_3_0765.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.