NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK72FVM21
Registry · N68983
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOEING E75
Year of manufacture
1942 · 30 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19881117
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A92832
Registrant of record
DALTON JOHANNA K
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
STEARMAN E75 · N68983
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
DK
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
BOESCH
Kind of flying
CA
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000075-5038
Total time
4,446 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,330
Age
32
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
INVERTED ATTITUDE. BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL .182 %.
Investigator remarks
ENTERED OVC DURG PRO TURN. DESCENDED IN NOSE LOW
Cause factors
- 64/A/40 A PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/66 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/65 A PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/67 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/A A WEATHER LOW CEILING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/C A WEATHER FOG Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 0287.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_0287.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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