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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK69D0132

1968-08-23 DAVIS, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N824S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AVIONS MARCEL DASSAULT MYSTERE FALCON 900

Year of manufacture

1987

Engine

HONEYWELL TFE731-5BR-1C

Seats / Engines

12 seats · 3 engines

Last airworthiness date

20171031

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB4147

Registrant of record

MEREGRASS INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N824S Cessna 310D 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

CESSNA 310D · N824S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

YOLO COUNTY

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

1,754 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

8,000

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AROUND DUE TRAFFIC.STUDENT RAISED GR ON FINAL APP

Investigator remarks

LOST OIL FROM RT ENG,LOOSE CAP.ENG FEATH.MADE GO

Cause factors

74/C/DY C
POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
88/C/29 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
66/B/13 B
DUAL STUDENT
64/B/39 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
88/K/61 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN Joint factor
88/K/03 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE 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 2992. Source file NTSB_1968_3_2992.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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