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OAK76AP031

1975-12-03 · DAVIS, California, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MOONEY M22 · N7713M
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
OBSCURATION
Temp
42° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000680004
Total time
1,323 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
5,520
Age
49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.LOOSE B NUT ON END MAIN FUEL LINE FRM PUMP TO CTL

Investigator remarks

INFLIGHT FIRE EXTINGUISHED ITSELF AT GRND IMPACT

Cause factors

  • 68/C/D4 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
  • 74/C/CB C
    POWERPLANT LINES AND FITTINGS Cause
  • 88/C/AJ C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause
  • 88/C/29 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
  • 88/C/51 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Cause
  • 82/K/A K
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint factor
  • 82/K/C K
    WEATHER FOG Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3858. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3858.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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