NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK75DVM07
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
CHAMPION 7DC · N2565F
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
SALINAS
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
260° / 12 kt
Temp
66° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
Z
Total time
1,846 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,579
Age
53
Investigator remarks
IP CORRECTED TOO LATE.
Cause factors
- 66/C/28 C DUAL STUDENT Cause
- 66/C/22 C DUAL STUDENT Cause
- 64/C/30 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
- 64/B/07 B PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 66/K/42 K DUAL STUDENT 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 2558.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_2558.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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