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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK74FXQ23

1974-02-24 FALLON, Nevada, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N3033R Cessna 320A 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 320A · N3033R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000320A0033

Total time

2,031 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

797

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.SWERVED TO AVOID DITCH.

Investigator remarks

PLT LNDD ON 1050 FT LONG SAGE BRUSH COVERED ROAD

Cause factors

64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
84/C/7 C
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause
83/L/F L
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
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 0358. Source file NTSB_1974_3_0358.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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