NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK76DVG99
Registry · N175HD
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GREAT LAKES 2T-1A-2
Year of manufacture
1975 · 1 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING AEIO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19750303
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A12C73
Registrant of record
EDENS KENNETH L
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
GREAT LAKES BABY · N175HD
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
CHICO RANCHAERO
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000708
Total time
339 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
682
Age
33
Cause factors
- 64/C/22 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
- 64/C/31 C PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT 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 2057.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_2057.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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