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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA73FYC13

1972-12-04 NEWBERG, Oregon, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5046T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1972 · 0 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19720424

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A64C08

Registrant of record

STP FLIGHT LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5046T Piper PA-28 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

PIPER PA-28 · N5046T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SPORTSMANS AIRPAR

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7225333

Total time

296 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

86

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

R CHOICE AVBL.FUEL STRAINER DRAIN STUCK OPEN.

Investigator remarks

ACFT LNDD IN FIELD,THRU FENCE&INTO GULLY.NO OTHE

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
74/C/CJ C
POWERPLANT VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS Cause
88/C/CS C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS STUCK Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
83/B/F B
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN

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 3852. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3852.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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