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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA77FYP24

1977-05-01 KENNEWICK, Washington, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 ↗.