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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK75DXQ43

1975-05-24 SCHURZ, Nevada, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N99986 Pilatus B-4 Minor

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

PILATUS B-4 · N99986

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

DF

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

320° / 30 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000113

Total time

145 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

101

Age

57

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EVERE TURB & HI SINK RATE. GUSTING TO 40K.

Investigator remarks

WEA BRIEF BY SOARING MEET OPS. LND ON ROAD DUE S

Cause factors

64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
82/C/H C
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause
83/K/Y K
TERRAIN OTHER 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 1492. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1492.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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