NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK70A0022
Registry · N4137R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-32-300
Year of manufacture
1968 · 1 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19690213
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4E2A2
Registrant of record
DAVIS CHARLES E
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
PIPER PA-32 · N4137R
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
E
Airport
SAN FRANCISCO INT
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
260° / 16 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000032-40455
Total time
356 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,388
Age
27
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
DED ON APT TO AVOID HAZARDS BEYOND OVERRUN.
Investigator remarks
FUEL SELECTOR VALVE MALFUNCTIONED. PLT CRASH LAN
Cause factors
- 74/C/CC C POWERPLANT SELECTOR VALVES Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
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 3298.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_3298.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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