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OAK75AP041

1975-03-08 · SAN RAFAEL, California, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
COLONIAL C-2 · N282B
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Airport
SMITH RANCH
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
290° / 14 kt
Temp
58° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000141
Total time
1,147 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
11,991
Age
44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CANYON.ACFT HEAVY,GUSTING TO 30K.

Investigator remarks

LOW LVL FLT OVR WATER.HIT TREE DRG CLIMB OUT OF

Cause factors

  • 64/A/33 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/54 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0943. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0943.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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