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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK67A0024

1966-08-14 DAVIS, California, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

CESSNA 172A · N9742T

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

UNIVERSITY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Total time

3,225 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

122

Age

21

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LDG.OVERSHOT ARPT.ENG RESTARTED TOO LATE.

Investigator remarks

AT 2500 FT PLT STOPPED ENG TO DEMONSTRATE FORCED

Cause factors

  • 64/A/21 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/34 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ENGINE LOADED UP Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
  • 64/C/33 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
  • 88/L/85 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS

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 0663. Source file NTSB_1966_2_0663.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.