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OAK72DVA52

1972-02-18 · PORTERVILLE, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N4341G has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (MEINKE-GARTH STOLP ACRODUSTER II), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MCCULLOUGH J-2 · N4341G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
I
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
ROBERTS FARM
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000051
Total time
40 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,097
Age
25

Investigator remarks

CONT T/O WITH KNOWN A/S IND MALFUNCTION.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/01 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Joint cause
  • 76/J/AB J
    INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES AIRSPEED Joint cause
  • 88/J/BR J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ERRATIC Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0329. Source file NTSB_1972_3_0329.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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