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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK75FVG53

1975-04-09 CHICO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3065T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AIR TRACTOR INC AT-602

Year of manufacture

2014

Engine

P&W CANADA PT6A-65AG (1300 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20140117

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A338B5

Registrant of record

CARROLL FLYING SERVICE INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3065T Cessna 320C None

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

CESSNA 320C · N3065T

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

CHICO

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

190° / 10 kt

Temp

68° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000320C-0065

Total time

2,167 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

613

Age

35

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/19 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
83/B/F B
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
88/L/48 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES

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 0826. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0826.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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