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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK76DJA21

1976-08-14 KAHULUI, Hawaii, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1587U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 207

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19700810

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0EB47

Registrant of record

GRANT AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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

CESSNA 207 · N1587U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

E

Airport

KAHULUI

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

040° / 25 kt

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000020700187

Total time

3,411 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,735

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WIRING,CAUSED SHORT.

Investigator remarks

THROTTLE CABLE ASSY BOWED. RUBBED INSULATION OFF

Cause factors

  • 74/C/I0 C
    POWERPLANT THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES Cause
  • 88/C/CB C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause
  • 88/C/BG C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHAFED Cause
  • 83/K/F K
    TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor
  • 88/K/88 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 2199. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2199.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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