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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK65F0023

1965-03-03 COLUSA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3245K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GLOBE GC-1B

Engine

CONT MOTOR C125 SERIES (125 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560307

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3803D

Registrant of record

ADAIR EDWARD A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3245K Globe GC-1B None

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

GLOBE GC-1B · N3245K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

COLUSA

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,734 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,000

Age

40

Cause factors

64/A/24 A
PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/1/AW 1
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1

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 0441. Source file NTSB_1965_3_0441.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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