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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK71AVG01

1970-07-02 WILLIAMS, California, United States Minor 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

LUSCOMBE 8A · N2798

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

CALDWELL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000005525

Total time

1,834 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

174

Age

51

Investigator remarks

HIT SHRUB AND DITCH.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/45 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause
  • 64/L/31 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2856. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2856.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.