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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK76DVA38

1976-02-16 LOS BANOS, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

GRUMMAN G-164 · N10295

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

180° / 6 kt

Temp

53° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000095

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

10,130

Age

41

Investigator remarks

FLT AT 50-75FT BLO OCST.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/04 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
  • 82/J/C J
    WEATHER FOG Joint cause

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 0163. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0163.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.