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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK76FXQ15

1975-09-12 RENO, Nevada, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N121R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING PT-13D

Year of manufacture

1943 · 32 years old at event

Engine

P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790418

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A058E0

Registrant of record

HERZOG CONTRACTING CORP

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N121R Stearman PT-17 Fatal

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

STEARMAN PT-17 · N121R

Damage

Minor

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D7

Operator type

Business

Airport

RENO STEAD

Kind of flying

DF

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

060° / 12 kt

Temp

77° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000075-5510

Total time

1,600 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

6,000

Age

44

Investigator remarks

AIR SHOW WING WALKING ACT,INVERTED FLT.

Cause factors

64/A/54 A
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/J/H J
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 2797. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2797.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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