NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK76IP059
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
DOUGLAS C-54B · N74183
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
D
Airport
CHICO MUNICIPAL
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
140° / 12 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000010314
Total time
58,643 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
8,100
Age
36
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CTN.ACFT EXPERIMENTAL CERT EXPIRED.
Investigator remarks
HYDRAULIC LINE RUPTURED.FLUID FED FIRE ACCSSRY S
Cause factors
- 75/A/BD A SYSTEMS RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/38 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDRAULIC FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/51 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/J/D6 J PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION 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
5 0017.
Source file
NTSB_1976_5_0017.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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