NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK74DVA14
Registry · N9548Z
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GRUMMAN TBM-3E
Year of manufacture
1939 · 34 years old at event
Engine
WRIGHT R-2600 SER (1700 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19850120
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD470B
Registrant of record
WEEKS KERMIT
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
GRUMMAN TBM · N9548Z
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000091598
Total time
2,094 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
6,856
Age
33
Investigator remarks
LNDD WHEELS-UP IN BRUSH.
Cause factors
- 74/C/I1 C POWERPLANT MIXTURE CONTROL ASSEMBLIES Cause
- 88/C/CD C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JAMMED Cause
- 88/B/DG B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP
- 83/K/D K TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION 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 2632.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_2632.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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