NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK76AP017
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
AERO COMDR 500A · N9394R
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000913-21
Total time
3,695 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Age
41
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IN WATER. VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED BY FSS.
Investigator remarks
IN FLT STRUCTURAL FAILURE.ACFT CRASHED INVERTED
Cause factors
- 64/C/04 C PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause
- 64/C/66 C PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause
- 64/C/09 C PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause
- 88/C/94 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause
- 82/L/B L WEATHER RAIN
- 82/L/L L WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS
- 88/L/49 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
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 4061.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_4061.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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