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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA72FYI01

1972-07-01 MEDFORD, Oregon, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7010Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172L

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19711221

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A95AAC

Registrant of record

MOSMAN MATTHEW J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7010Q Cessna 172L 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

CESSNA 172L · N7010Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

D

Airport

JACKSON COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

310° / 6 kt

Temp

90° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017260310

Total time

291 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

241

Age

56

Investigator remarks

FUEL SELECTOR IN OFF PSN.

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
83/B/F B
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
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 2169. Source file NTSB_1972_3_2169.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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