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UNK65X0493

1964-10-30 · CAMERON, Arizona, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
AERONCA 65CA · N31392
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Total time
5,883 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
IA (IA)
Total hours
278
Age
28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NOPERATIVE

Investigator remarks

FUEL GAGE INACCURATE AND FUEL LOW WARNING LITE I

Cause factors

  • 74/A/KA A
    POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/B/15 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
  • 64/3/29 3
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Subordinate · 3
  • 88/3/63 3
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Subordinate · 3

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 2 0658. Source file NTSB_1964_2_0658.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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