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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK74DVG08

1973-08-25 RED BLUFF, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3CS

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

STONE STARDUSTER TOO SA300

Year of manufacture

1972 · 1 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19780517

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A31AE3

Registrant of record

STONE CLIFFORD F JR

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3CS STARDUSTER SA300 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

STARDUSTER SA300 · N3CS

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

RED BLUFF

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

150° / 8 kt

Temp

90° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000CFS711

Total time

71 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

4,743

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TIP, REAR SPAR AND L MN GR DMGD.

Investigator remarks

HOLE IN RWY. TAIL WHEEL VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. L WG

Cause factors

64/A/79 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/J/BY J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint cause

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 2575. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2575.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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