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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK69F0064

1968-07-09 COLUSA, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N4914V DEHAVILLAND DH104 Minor

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

DEHAVILLAND DH104 · N4914V

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

COLUSA COUNTY

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

315° / 5 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Total time

3,597 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,200

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NGINE.

Investigator remarks

IMPROPER DECISION TO ABORT LDG WHILE ON SINGLE E

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/27 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING

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 2275. Source file NTSB_1968_3_2275.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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