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OAK71FVG37

1970-11-14 · AUBURN, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N6709C

Make / Model
STINSON L-5B
Year of manufacture
1944 · 26 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-435A/0-435C (190 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560817
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8DF4E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
STINSON L-5B · N6709C
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
J
Airport
AUBURN
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
320° / 4 kt
Temp
57° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000044-17087
Total time
1,448 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
538
Age
58

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

STOPPED. THEN OPENED THROTTLE FOR SECOND ATTEMPT.

Investigator remarks

ACFT SWERVED TO R. PLT ABORTED T/O UNTIL ALMOST

Cause factors

  • 64/C/22 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4173. Source file NTSB_1970_3_4173.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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