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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK77DVA45

1977-07-30 MODESTO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5053V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING A75N1(PT17)

Engine

LYCOMING R680 (215 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19950405

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A64F58

Registrant of record

TOM VANDERPOL MEMORIAL FUND

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5053V Boeing A75N1 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

BOEING A75N1 · N5053V

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

FLORYS

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

68° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000075-8307

Total time

3,627 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,421

Age

41

Cause factors

64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2170. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2170.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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