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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA72DYA30

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

Aircraft involved

N4289A Beech C-18S 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

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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

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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