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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK73FVW06

1972-08-20 BOULDER CITY, Nevada, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N1060U Piper PA-34 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

PIPER PA-34 · N1060U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

BOULDER CITY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 6 kt

Temp

72° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0034-7250044

Total time

305 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

16,320

Age

50

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BLEW TIRE,WENT OFF RWY,HIT SAGEBRUSH.

Investigator remarks

ABORTED WHEN DOOR CAME OPEN. INSUF DIST TO STOP,

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
70/C/BF C
AIRFRAME DOORS,DOOR FRAMES Cause
88/C/29 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
64/B/44 B
PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION
83/B/D B
TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION

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 3171. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3171.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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