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OAK68A0041

1967-11-07 · RED BLUFF, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N9083Z has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (PIPER PA-46-310P, built 1986), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
GRUMMAN TBM-3 · N9083Z
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
BIDWELL FIELD
Kind of flying
CB

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time
1,864 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,395
Age
34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TANKS.

Investigator remarks

FLT WAS TO DISPOSE OF UNWANTED FIRE RETARDENT IN

Cause factors

  • 64/A/10 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 2 0743. Source file NTSB_1967_2_0743.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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