NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA77FYP24
Registry · N168K
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
EAA BIPLANE P
Year of manufacture
1967 · 10 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES (140 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19761007
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A11047
Registrant of record
RASCH BERNARD A
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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
EAA BIPLANE P · N168K
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Airport
VISTA FIELD
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000026802114
Total time
650 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,200
Age
64
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
LECTOR ON EMPTY TANK.OTR ACFT ON RWY.
Investigator remarks
PWR LOSS AFTR SLO-ROLL,ENG QUIT AT 900FT.FUEL SE
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/35 B PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
- 83/K/A K TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Joint factor
- 80/K/BY K AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 1683.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_1683.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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