NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK66F0007
Registry · N52023
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
Year of manufacture
2010
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-200 (100 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20101014
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A68BA8
Registrant of record
M&L FLIGHT INC
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
BOEING A75N1 · N52023
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
SUTTER COUNTY
Kind of flying
CB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
60° F
Aircraft history
Total time
4,573 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
11,500
Age
42
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ONNECTING ROD.
Investigator remarks
MATERIAL FAILURE OF NO.6 CYLINDER PISTON PIN & C
Cause factors
- 74/C/AC C POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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 1478.
Source file
NTSB_1965_3_1478.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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