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OAK73DVG73

1973-06-23 · ESPARTO, California, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N27280

Make / Model
PORTERFIELD CP-65
Year of manufacture
1940 · 33 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19640908
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2B173

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PORTERFIELD CP-65 · N27280
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
AIRSTRIP
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 5 kt
Temp
85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000761
Total time
3,286 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
265
Age
44

Cause factors

  • 64/C/46 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
  • 64/B/22 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1550. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1550.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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