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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK75FVG70

1975-05-23 WINTERS, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9586Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GRUMMAN TBM-3E

Year of manufacture

1945 · 30 years old at event

Engine

WRIGHT R-2600 SER (1700 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19791128

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD55A1

Registrant of record

P O B INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9586Z Grumman TBM-3 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

GRUMMAN TBM-3 · N9586Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DH

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

YOLO COUNTY

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

200° / 3 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000085866

Total time

2,606 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

13,000

Age

51

Investigator remarks

BOLT MISSING FROM CARB THROTTLE CTL ARM.

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/I0 C
POWERPLANT THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/29 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
88/C/BM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
88/B/DG B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP

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 1272. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1272.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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