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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK72DVA26

1971-10-02 HURON, California, United States None 2 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

AERO COMDR S2C · N1694S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

HURON STRIP

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000D-8242

Total time

1,739 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

13,000

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DNT CK LTS.

Investigator remarks

LDG GR MOTOR MALFUNC.GR WARNING HORN INOP.PLT DI

Cause factors

64/C/54 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause
80/L/BI L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIGH VEGETATION

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 4381. Source file NTSB_1971_3_4381.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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