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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA77FYM21

1977-03-19 HILLSBORO, Oregon, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N48648

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERONCA 0-58B

Year of manufacture

1942 · 35 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A601E8

Registrant of record

HALL M RICHARD

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N48648 Aeronca O-58B 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

AERONCA O-58B · N48648

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

090° / 10 kt

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000058B-3762

Total time

1,642 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

456

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

N DESCENT.ENG STARTED LO ALT,QUIT AGAIN IN CLIMB.

Investigator remarks

TESTING FUEL FLOW RATE.ENG QUIT,SWITCHED TANKS I

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/27 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
74/K/CY K
POWERPLANT OTHER Joint factor
64/B/25 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF

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 0957. Source file NTSB_1977_3_0957.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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