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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK70DVG35

1970-06-19 MAXWELL, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5050V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING A75N1(PT17)

Year of manufacture

1942 · 28 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560405

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A64EEF

Registrant of record

JOHNSON LAWRENCE F

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5050V Boeing A75N1 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

BOEING A75N1 · N5050V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DJ

Operator type

D

Airport

MOLLER

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000075-6499

Total time

5,312 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

955

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LNDD ON SOFT FIELD.

Investigator remarks

WIRE STRIKE SEVERED OIL LINE,OIL ON WINDSHIELD.

Cause factors

64/C/54 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause
83/B/A B
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND
88/K/45 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION 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 2591. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2591.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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