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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK71FVG22

1970-09-19 PLACERVILLE, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N67069 Stinson L-5 Minor

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

STINSON L-5 · N67069

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

PLACERVILLE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

170° / 7 kt

Temp

57° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000004290

Total time

1,254 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

200

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

K GOING OVER 50FT EMBANKMENT LCTD NEAR RWY.

Investigator remarks

VEERED HARD LEFT,ATMTD GO-AROUND RATHER THAN RIS

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/C/31 C
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause
83/K/Y K
TERRAIN OTHER 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 3777. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3777.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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