NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK74AP047
Registry · N1BT
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHLEICHER ASW-20
Year of manufacture
1978
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790629
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0002D
Registrant of record
CARNEAL JEFFREY T
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
CESSNA 310C · N1BT
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
E
Airport
MCCARRAN INTL
Kind of flying
A2
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
200° / 8 kt
Temp
72° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000035908
Total time
2,741 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,070
Age
24
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PPED BLO VMC,ENG NOT FEATHERED.FAR 135 CK RIDE.
Investigator remarks
CAUSE OF FUEL PRESS LOSS L ENG NOT DTRMD.A/S DRO
Cause factors
- 74/C/KA C POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
- 64/B/20 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
- 88/B/07 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
- 88/B/DG B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP
- 67/B/30 B CHECK PILOT
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 1035.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_1035.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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