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OAK70DVW03

1970-02-22 · MESQUITE, Nevada, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N5974S

Make / Model
BEECH A23-24
Year of manufacture
1966 · 4 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19660525
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A7BA5D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH BE23 · N5974S
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
L
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000000MA57

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
140
Age
28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

E DAY BFR ACCIDENT.

Investigator remarks

MAIN GR HIT MESQUITE TREE.PRECAUTIONARY LNDG MAD

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
  • 83/A/I A
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0959. Source file NTSB_1970_3_0959.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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