NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK65A0072
Registry · N956T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
TAYLOR DAVID L WAG A BOND
Year of manufacture
2010
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-200 (100 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20100903
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD4C9A
Registrant of record
JACOBI JOSEPH L
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
BEECHCRAFT B-95 · N956T
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EC
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
OAKLAND INTNL
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
280° / 15 kt
Temp
59° F
Aircraft history
Total time
1,678 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
357
Age
32
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RAL NEARBY AIRPORTS WERE REPORTING VFR WEATHER.
Investigator remarks
AIRCRAFT STRUCK&DAMAGED PWRLINES AND A BARN.SEVE
Cause factors
- 64/C/04 C PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause
- 64/C/26 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause
- 68/C/F0 C PERSONNEL INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST Cause
- 64/L/27 L PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
- 82/L/A L WEATHER LOW CEILING
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
2 0665.
Source file
NTSB_1965_2_0665.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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