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OAK76DVA70

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

N4376D has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (GRUMMAN OV-1C), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

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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