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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK73FVG71

1973-06-29 DAVIS, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7752C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

NAVAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY N3N-3

Year of manufacture

1960 · 13 years old at event

Engine

P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19610628

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA7E3B

Registrant of record

PENNING STEVEN

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7752C NAVAL FCTY N3N-1 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

NAVAL FCTY N3N-1 · N7752C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

YOLO COUNTY

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

160° / 10 kt

Temp

90° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000004353

Total time

2,487 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,000

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 1800. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1800.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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