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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK68A0027

1967-09-13 HOLLISTER, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9318Z Grumman TBM-3E Serious

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

GRUMMAN TBM-3E · N9318Z

Damage

Destroyed

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

HOLLISTER

Kind of flying

CD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

230° / 15 kt

Temp

78° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,735 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

3,674

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ISON 600 GALLONS FIRE SUPPRESSANT DURING STALL.

Investigator remarks

AIRCRAFT 210 LBS OVERLOADED.PILOT FAILED TO JETT

Cause factors

64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/76 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. 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 2 0587. Source file NTSB_1967_2_0587.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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