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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA77FYI03

1976-11-30 MEDFORD, Oregon, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9699L GRUM AMER AA1-B 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

GRUM AMER AA1-B · N9699L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

JACKSON COUNTY

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

44° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000AA1B-0199

Total time

1,309 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

39

Age

33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OF GAS,LNDD IN SWAMP.NOT TRANSPONDER EQUIPPED.

Investigator remarks

RECEIVED FLT-ASSIST PREV FLT.LOST AGAIN,RAN OUT

Cause factors

64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/03 C
PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
83/K/F K
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN 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 3618. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3618.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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