NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK69F0067
Registry · N3388X
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MOONEY M20E
Year of manufacture
1966 · 2 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19660411
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A3B70D
Registrant of record
ROTH JOE D
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
MOONEY 20E · N3388X
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
FRESNO AIR TERM
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
703 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,000
Age
42
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
EXTENDED.
Investigator remarks
WORM DRIVE GEARS WORN EXCESSIVELY. GR PARTIALLY
Cause factors
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CC A AIRFRAME EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CD A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JAMMED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 2332.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_2332.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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