NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK75AP041
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
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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 0943.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_0943.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Technical Memorandum (TM)
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Presentation
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Other
Defining the Collision Avoidance Region for DAA Systems
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Presentation
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- DTIC (Defense Technical Information Center) 2015 · DTIC technical report
Detect-and-Avoid System Performance for Large UAS in Civil Airspace
MIT Lincoln Lab evaluation of detect-and-avoid (DAA) algorithms for large UAS operations in civil airspace. Underpins the RTCA SC-228 DAA Phase 1 + Phase 2 minimum operational performance standards.
- NASA NTRS 2010 · Abstract
Emerging Standards for Aerodrome Mapping Databases and Datalink Technologies to Enable Reductions in Runway Incursions/Excursions
The integration of onboard databases with data linked aeronautical information services (AIS) is a task that RTCA and EUROCAE are pursuing.
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