NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK76FVD28
Registry · N15S
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
HAWKER SIDDELEY MK 10 SEA FURY
Year of manufacture
1947 · 29 years old at event
Engine
WRIGHT R3350-26WD (2700 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20170112
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0C966
Registrant of record
MID AMERICA FLIGHT MUSEUM
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
BREEZY · N15S
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Airport
SONOMA VALLEY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
200° / 15 kt
Temp
62° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000004929B
Total time
185 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
12,000
Age
59
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
F STRUT RUSTED TO 1/2 NORMAL WALL THICKNESS.
Investigator remarks
LEFT LIFT STRUT FAILED DURING PULL UP.INTERIOR O
Cause factors
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/09 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/94 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/55 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CORRODED/CORROSION Joint 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 1172.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_1172.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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