NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK68D0027
Registry · N20967
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
WACO SRE
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1B6BC
Registrant of record
LILJA CORP
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
WACO SRE · N20967
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
MERCED MUNICIPAL
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
2,672 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,500
Age
43
Investigator remarks
RT GEAR KNOCKED OFF.FURTHER DAMAGE ON LANDING.
Cause factors
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE 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 1898.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_1898.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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- arXiv 2020 · arXiv preprint
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- Semantic Scholar 2024 · Article (Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting)
Cognitive Biases in Commercial Aviation: Empirical Review of Accident Reports
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- NASA NTRS 2023 · Conference Paper
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- Semantic Scholar 2022 · Article (Internet Interventions)
Internet-based emotion-regulation training added to CBT in adolescents with depressive and anxiety disorders: A pilot randomized controlled trial to examine feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness
Background Dysfunctional emotion regulation (ER) is associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety in adolescents. This pilot study aimed to examine the acceptability and feasibility of a guided i…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 · Journal article (IJAAA)
The Five Hazardous Attitudes, A Subset of Complacency
Abstract The article discusses complacency and the five hazardous attitudes in the context that the five hazardous attitudes are a subset of complacency.
- Semantic Scholar 2021 · Article
The impact of human factors on pilots’ safety behavior in offshore aviation companies: A brazilian case
Abstract This study explores the concepts of human factors and their key role in the safety of offshore aviation companies through qualitative research.
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