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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK75DVA05

1974-07-17 HICKMAN, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1137N

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING A75N1(PT17)

Year of manufacture

1942 · 32 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19550827

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A03AB2

Registrant of record

HAWKE AG AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1137N Boeing A75N1 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

BOEING A75N1 · N1137N

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

135° / 2 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000075-5366

Total time

200 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,500

Age

34

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
83/B/A B
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND

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 1750. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1750.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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