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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK75FVD52

1975-05-23 GARBERVILLE, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N153PC

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172S

Year of manufacture

2009

Engine

LYCOMING IO-360-L2A (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20151124

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0D69C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N153PC DEHAVILLAND DH-104 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

DEHAVILLAND DH-104 · N153PC

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

GARBERVILLE

Kind of flying

DC

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

78° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000004381

Total time

4,309 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,611

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ARATED FROM GR SAFE LT MICRO SWITCH.

Investigator remarks

L GR DIDNT EXTEND,LINKAGE BROKEN. WIRE FOUND SEP

Cause factors

68/A/D6 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/A/CB A
AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/CD A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JAMMED Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/J/CL J
AIRFRAME LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS Joint cause
88/J/BM J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Joint cause

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 1397. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1397.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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