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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK74FVA56

1974-04-07 KERMAN, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2927G Callair A-6 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

CALLAIR A-6 · N2927G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

BLAND

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000282

Total time

1,302 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,369

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AT THRESHOLD. PLT HADNT SLEPT PREV NITE.

Investigator remarks

UNAUTH FLT. LND SHORT & HIT PARTIALLY BURIED LOG

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
88/L/22 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
88/L/62 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE
88/L/26 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS STOLEN OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF AIRCRAFT
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint factor
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 0615. Source file NTSB_1974_3_0615.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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