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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK76AP031

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

Aircraft involved

N7713M Mooney M22 Fatal

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

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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

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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