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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK72FVW10

1971-09-09 ALAMO, Nevada, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4844F

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172N

Year of manufacture

1979

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790815

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5FA5F

Registrant of record

KNIGHTAIR ENTERPRISES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4844F Cessna 206A None

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

CESSNA 206A · N4844F

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

Z

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Z

Kind of flying

DZ

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000U206-0544

Pilot

Certificate

ZA (ZA)

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AFTER CRASH TO DSTRY MARIJUANA.

Investigator remarks

INJ AND TOTAL ON BOARD PRESUMED.ACFT SET ON FIRE

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/B/62 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
88/L/26 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS STOLEN OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF AIRCRAFT

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 4190. Source file NTSB_1971_3_4190.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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