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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK71AP031

1971-01-17 MAXWELL, California, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N7827R Beech V35A Fatal

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

BEECH V35A · N7827R

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

Z

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000D-8902

Total time

906 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

420

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BLISHED PROCEDURE.FOUND-1000FT ELEV,17MI WSW VOR.

Investigator remarks

RECOVERY DATE 1/18/71.APCH NOT IN ACCORD WITH PU

Cause factors

64/A/26 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION 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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0064. Source file NTSB_1971_3_0064.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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