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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK76DVG59

1976-03-23 FAIRFIELD, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7949P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-24-250

Year of manufacture

1962 · 14 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19620328

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AACA82

Registrant of record

WALTERS DONALD J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7949P Piper PA-24 Minor

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

PIPER PA-24 · N7949P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000003186

Total time

2,431 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

708

Age

21

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T LND ON ROAD.

Investigator remarks

CABIN DOOR OPENED IN FLT.PAX,A CHILD,PANICKED.PL

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
68/C/K4 C
PERSONNEL PASSENGER Cause
88/C/77 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
70/L/BF L
AIRFRAME DOORS,DOOR FRAMES
88/L/95 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 0760. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0760.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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