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OAK72FVM21

1972-01-18 · CASTROVILLE, California, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N68983

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

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

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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