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SEA72DYA30

1972-04-20 · BLACKFOOT, Idaho, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH C-18S · N4289A
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
MCCARLEY FIELD
Kind of flying
DC

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000006492
Total time
3,129 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
8,000
Age
42

Investigator remarks

TOOK OFF ON ALMOST EMPTY TK.

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/03 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 88/B/DG B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1619. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1619.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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