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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK74FVA75

1974-06-17 MADERA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N60802

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150J

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19690412

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7E76A

Registrant of record

SMITH JAY

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N60802 Cessna 150J 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 150J · N60802

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

MADERA

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015070590

Total time

4,129 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

409

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TO PASTURE.LNDD ON A COW.

Investigator remarks

UN REFUEL AT SACRAMENTO.HIT WIRES DRG NIGHT APCH

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/23 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

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 1586. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1586.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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