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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK74AP064

1974-05-30 LINCOLN, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9778L Beech A24R Serious

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

BEECH A24R · N9778L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

E

Airport

LINCOLN

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000MC-112

Total time

693 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,732

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D OFF RWY,OVERRAN.L TANK EMPTY,SELECTOR ON L TANK.

Investigator remarks

PSGR AT CTLS,RECEIVING INSTRUCTION FM PLT.SWERVE

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/02 B
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
68/L/K4 L
PERSONNEL PASSENGER
88/K/77 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS 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 2392. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2392.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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