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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK76FVM46

1976-08-29 SANTA CRUZ, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3579T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

TAYLORCRAFT AVIATION CORP F19

Year of manufacture

1975 · 1 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19751104

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A40273

Registrant of record

WILKE DANIEL D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3579T Taylorcraft F-19 None

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

TAYLORCRAFT F-19 · N3579T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SKYPARK

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000F-045

Total time

265 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Age

36

Investigator remarks

PROLONGED GLIDE & SLIP. GR HIT RWY LIP.

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/34 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ENGINE LOADED UP Cause
88/L/22 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint factor
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2528. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2528.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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