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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK66D0174

1966-01-17 SAN FRANCISCO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N420RJ

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ROWE RAY AVID FLYER

Engine

BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19941208

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4FD1F

Registrant of record

FREHAFER GLENN A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N420RJ BEECHCRAFT C45H 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

BEECHCRAFT C45H · N420RJ

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B0

Operator type

Business

Airport

SAN FRANCISCO

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

40° F

Aircraft history

Total time

3,776 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

8,200

Age

39

Investigator remarks

NIGHT OPERATION.PILOT FAILED TO STAY ON TAXIWAY

Cause factors

64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
83/J/A J
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Joint cause

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 0030. Source file NTSB_1966_3_0030.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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