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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK70FVG13

1970-05-09 FAIRFIELD, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N4601T Schleicher K8B Serious

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

SCHLEICHER K8B · N4601T

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

220° / 14 kt

Temp

72° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000008329

Total time

871 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

35

Age

54

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ELD.GUSTING 20K.PLT NOT ENDORSED FOR SOLO X-C FLT.

Investigator remarks

DURG X-C FLT ENCTRD DWNDFTS,ATMTD LDG IN FARM FI

Cause factors

64/A/28 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/A/M A
WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 1998. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1998.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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