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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK77DVA17

1977-01-29 MODESTO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N70063

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA A188B

Year of manufacture

1974 · 3 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19740917

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A957D4

Registrant of record

WELCH THOMAS R DBA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N70063 Cessna A188B 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

CESSNA A188B · N70063

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

GARBER-THOMPSON

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

120° / 5 kt

Temp

58° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00001880127T

Total time

841 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,220

Age

35

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/C/82 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND 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 0021. Source file NTSB_1977_3_0021.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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