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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK76DVA70

1976-06-08 OAKDALE, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4376D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GRUMMAN OV-1C

Engine

LYCOMING T-53 SER (1150 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20010820

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5404D

Registrant of record

PLANES OF FAME AIR MUSEUM

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4376D Beech B50 None

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

BEECH B50 · N4376D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

OAKDALE

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

360° / 10 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000EH-22

Total time

3,904 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

9,050

Age

58

Investigator remarks

PLT DIDNT FEATH PROP ON INOP ENG.

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
88/B/DG B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP
64/K/20 K
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Joint factor
88/K/07 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES 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 1456. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1456.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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