NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK74DVW05
Registry · N6948E
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 175A
Year of manufacture
1959 · 14 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR GO-300 SERIES (175 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19591222
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A93D07
Registrant of record
SCHRADER LEIF
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 175A · N6948E
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
BOULDER CITY
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
250° / 19 kt
Temp
93° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000056448
Total time
1,818 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
500
Age
52
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RTH END ONLY.
Investigator remarks
WIND GUSTING 30K. LNDD ON RWY WITH SMALL X ON NO
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/35 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/A/BL A AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT RUNWAY 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 2588.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_2588.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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