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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK75DVG23

1974-09-18 COLUSA, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5050V

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

19560405

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A64EEF

Registrant of record

JOHNSON LAWRENCE F

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5050V Boeing A75N1 Serious

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 · N5050V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DH

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

62° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000075-6499

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,288

Age

29

Investigator remarks

AGITATOR PROPELLER FAILED AND CUT FUEL LINE.

Cause factors

76/C/CA C
INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES SPRAY,DUSTING EQUIPMENT Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
74/C/CB C
POWERPLANT LINES AND FITTINGS Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 3052. Source file NTSB_1974_3_3052.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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