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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA71AS014

1970-09-13 MEDFORD, Oregon, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2355W Beech A23A Fatal

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

BEECH A23A · N2355W

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

MEDFORD-JACKSON

Kind of flying

DC

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

280° / 4 kt

Temp

67° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000M-952

Total time

978 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,848

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OOK OFF.FUEL SELECTOR SET ON EMPTY TANK.

Investigator remarks

ENG QUIT ON PREVIOUS LDG.PLT RESTARTED ENG AND T

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/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
88/L/91 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING

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 1427. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1427.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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