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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK68D0248

1967-12-11 MONTEREY, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4634D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172N

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790219

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5A7A8

Registrant of record

LINDSTROM MICHAEL L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4634D Beech H35 None

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

BEECH H35 · N4634D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

MONTEREY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 4 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Total time

2,513 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,500

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SE FUEL READING.POWER RET AFTER WIRES STRUCK.

Investigator remarks

CLOGGED LINE COLLAPSED RT TANK BAG,THIS GAVE FAL

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/CJ C
POWERPLANT VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS Cause
88/C/CF C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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 4451. Source file NTSB_1967_3_4451.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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