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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK70D0089

1969-08-20 MADERA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

CESSNA 188 · N8114V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

DUSTER STRIP

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

98° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000188-0864

Total time

477 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

27,000

Age

54

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

G TEMP,CALM WIND AND LOAD.

Investigator remarks

ATTEMPTED T/O FROM STRIP UNSUITABLE DUE TO 98 DE

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/U J
    WEATHER HIGH TEMPERATURE Joint cause
  • 64/J/81 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF Joint 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 3661. Source file NTSB_1969_3_3661.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.