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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK76FJA08

1975-12-09 HILO, Hawaii, United States None 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

MURRAYAIR MA-1 · N1015Y

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

HONOLII

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000016

Total time

378 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

11,212

Age

51

Investigator remarks

COLLIDED WITH SUGAR CANE

Cause factors

  • 74/C/AD C
    POWERPLANT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 83/K/D K
    TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION Joint factor
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
  • 88/L/24 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JETTISONED LOAD

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 3671. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3671.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.