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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK73FVA51

1973-04-23 COALINGA, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N310

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA B200GT

Year of manufacture

2022

Engine

P&W CANADA PT6A-52 (898 hp)

Seats / Engines

9 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20220325

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A346D0

Registrant of record

TVPX AIRCRAFT SOLUTIONS INC TRUSTEE

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

BENSEN B8M · N310

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

I

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

D

Airport

COALINGA

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

010° / 10 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000001

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

45

Age

35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D CRASHED DURG LOW ALT DOWNWIND TURN.

Investigator remarks

PLANNED TO RUN TAXI TEST.ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE AN

Cause factors

  • 64/A/02 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause

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 0766. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0766.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.