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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK75DVG04

1974-07-27 LAKEPORT, California, United States None 2 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N18010

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DEHAVILLAND DHC-1B-2

Year of manufacture

1955 · 19 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19880517

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A14340

Registrant of record

SCHONING HARRY H

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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

CESSNA 150L · N18010

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 7 kt

Temp

90° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000024-1011

Total time

2,138 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

44

Age

26

Investigator remarks

GR HIT DIRT MOUND.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
83/B/F B
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 2411. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2411.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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