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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK75DVG60

1975-05-08 DAVIS, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8376 Grumman G-164A 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

GRUMMAN G-164A · N8376

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 3 kt

Temp

57° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000868

Total time

3,284 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

19,156

Age

45

Investigator remarks

FLOODED RICE FLD. NO ENG MALFUNCTION FOUND.

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
83/B/A B
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND
64/3/21 3
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Subordinate · 3
88/3/02 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Subordinate · 3
88/3/72 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Subordinate · 3
82/3/G 3
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING Subordinate · 3

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 1131. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1131.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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