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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK75FVM10

1974-08-05 SOLEDAD, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1717S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH 58P

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19760329

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A12042

Registrant of record

XP SILVA AIR LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1717S AERO COMDR 600S2D 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

AERO COMDR 600S2D · N1717S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

SOLEDAD

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

295° / 10 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000001357D

Total time

2,099 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

6,740

Age

35

Investigator remarks

BLOWER BEARINGS FAILED.

Cause factors

74/C/AG C
POWERPLANT BLOWER,IMPELLER ASSEMBLY Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

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 2560. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2560.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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