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OAK68D0088

1967-07-17 · COALINGA, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N9711Z has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA U206G, built 1982), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
GRUMMAN TBM-3 · N9711Z
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CC

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
270° / 20 kt

Aircraft history

Total time
1,680 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
9,900
Age
43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OKY FROM FOREST FIRE. FLT CONTINUED, SAFE LNDG.

Investigator remarks

STRUCK TREE ON PULL UP FROM FIRE BOMBING RUN. SM

Cause factors

  • 64/A/54 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/V J
    WEATHER OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 2 0535. Source file NTSB_1967_2_0535.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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