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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK74DVA36

1973-11-29 MODESTO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N18160 Cessna 150L 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

CESSNA 150L · N18160

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

MODESTO CITY

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

140° / 8 kt

Temp

59° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015073033

Total time

900 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

28

Age

34

Investigator remarks

HIT ENTRANCE CANOPY OF HOUSE.

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
82/L/G L
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING

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 4155. Source file NTSB_1973_3_4155.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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