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OAK75FVA68

1975-06-06 · MERCED, California, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N236H

Make / Model
BREWSTER FLEET 2
Year of manufacture
1929 · 46 years old at event
Engine
KINNER K5 SERIES (100 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560831
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A21F79

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
FLEET 2 · N236H
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D2
Operator type
D
Airport
MERCED MUNI
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
320° / 8 kt
Temp
86° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000104
Total time
1,680 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
143
Age
36

Investigator remarks

NR 5 CYL EXHAUST ROCKER BOX FAILED.

Cause factors

  • 74/C/AF C
    POWERPLANT VALVE ASSEMBLIES Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 83/B/A B
    TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1275. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1275.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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