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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK73FVG08

1972-08-05 COLUSA, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N7293V AERO COMDR A-9B Minor

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

AERO COMDR A-9B · N7293V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DJ

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

COLUSA COUNTY

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001324

Total time

2,128 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,141

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IL ON WINDSHIELD.

Investigator remarks

CRASH LANDED IN FIELD.VISIBILITY RESTRICTED BY O

Cause factors

88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
74/C/AB C
POWERPLANT CRANKSHAFT Cause
83/B/F B
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
88/K/45 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION Joint factor

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 2859. Source file NTSB_1972_3_2859.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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