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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK75FVG21

1974-08-28 CHICO, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N80549

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-8

Year of manufacture

2002

Engine

AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20021218

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAF776

Registrant of record

KNOBIL NICHOLAS H

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N80549 Globe GC-1B 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

GLOBE GC-1B · N80549

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

RANCHAERO ARPT

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000052

Total time

1,181 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,907

Age

40

Investigator remarks

SETTLED INTO ORCHARD.

Cause factors

64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2718. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2718.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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