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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA71FYG48

1971-04-30 PASCO, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N1853S Snow 600S2C None

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

SNOW 600S2C · N1853S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DN

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

78° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001103

Total time

3,532 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,200

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PRAYING SUGAR BEETS.

Investigator remarks

FUEL HOSE FROM L TANK TO FUSELAGE SUMP FAILED. S

Cause factors

74/C/CB C
POWERPLANT LINES AND FITTINGS Cause
88/C/AJ C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause
88/C/86 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL SIPHONING Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
83/B/A B
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND
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 0488. Source file NTSB_1971_3_0488.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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