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Event SEA76FYE63

1976-09-21 BREMERTON, Washington, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N7387V Bellanca 17-31 Serious

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

BELLANCA 17-31 · N7387V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EC

Operator type

D

Airport

KITSAP COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

190° / 7 kt

Temp

59° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000032-8

Total time

1,797 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

212

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ENT RATED.WRECKAGE FND 9/22/76.

Investigator remarks

SELECTED EMPTY AUX TANK DRG ILS APCH.NOT INSTRUM

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/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
64/L/02 L
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL

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 3283. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3283.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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