NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK75FVG29
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
AMER AVCO AA1-A · N6399L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
YOLO COUNTY
Kind of flying
DG
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000AA1A0399
Total time
1,051 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
96
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ND CAUSED ITS SEPARATION.ACFT OVER APRT,LND OK.
Investigator remarks
INADV OPENING OF CHEST CHUTE FOULED STABILIZER A
Cause factors
- 68/A/K4 A PERSONNEL PASSENGER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/A/D A MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/J/D3 J AIRFRAME HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS Joint cause
- 88/J/94 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint cause
- 88/J/49 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT 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 3484.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3484.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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