NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA72DYI15
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
AERONCA L-3 · N53221
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
JOSEPHINE CO.
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000005832
Total time
50 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
600
Age
32
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
S IN TKOF PATH,CRASH LNDD ON ROUGH AREA OF ARPT.
Investigator remarks
PLT KNEW FUEL GAGE WAS INOP.TURNED TO AVOID WIRE
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/19 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
- 88/C/63 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
- 64/C/31 C PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause
- 80/B/BY B AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
- 84/B/7 B MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
- 83/B/I B TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
- 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 1121.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_1121.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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