NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK71DVA09
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 195 · N195BD
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
UNLISTED MT STRIP
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
62° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000007384
Total time
2,050 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,816
Age
49
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PCHGD.HIT TOP WIRE OF FENCE AFT LFTOFF,SLOWED ACFT
Investigator remarks
2500FT STRIP,DNSTY ALT APRXLY 11000FT,ENG NOT SU
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/C/06 C PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF Cause
- 82/C/W C WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 2969.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_2969.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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