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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK70F0205

1969-12-21 SAN RAFAEL, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2101P Piper PA-23 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

PIPER PA-23 · N2101P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

D

Airport

HAMILTON AFB

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000023-691

Total time

3,000 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

6,060

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

V DID NOT GO TO FULL FEATHER POS.UN MANTAIN ALT.

Investigator remarks

L ENG PROP CTL CABLE SUPPORT BRACKET BKN.PROP GO

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
74/C/FY C
POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/L/88 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER

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 4568. Source file NTSB_1969_3_4568.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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