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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK70FVW18

1970-05-14 BOULDER CITY, Nevada, 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 172F · N5552R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

BOULDER CITY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 20 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017253139

Total time

2,595 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

178

Age

36

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING TO 40KTS.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/33 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
  • 82/C/H C
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 2102. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2102.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.