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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK75FVM03

1974-07-21 SOLEDAD, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2931W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

WEATHERLY 201A

Year of manufacture

1969 · 5 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3032F

Registrant of record

JERSEY DEVIL DUSTERS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2931W Weatherly 201A 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

WEATHERLY 201A · N2931W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

FARM STRIP

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

68° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

Z

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,026

Age

50

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

INTO SAND DUNE.

Investigator remarks

L GR RAN INTO SAND BESIDE NARROW STRIP. SWERVED

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/C/81 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF Cause
80/J/BF J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS 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 1875. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1875.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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