NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK77DVG11
Registry · N10211
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GRUMMAN G-164
Year of manufacture
1959 · 17 years old at event
Engine
P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19600112
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A00EB7
Registrant of record
VALLEY AIR SERVICE LTD
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
GRUMMAN G-164 · N10211
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
WILLIAMS
Kind of flying
CB
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Temp
45° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000011
Total time
7,014 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
11,000
Age
51
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
UE TO POOR VISIBILITY-AG OPS COMP,RETURN HOME FLD.
Investigator remarks
PILOT MADE PRECAUTIONRY LDG IN SOFT RICE FIELD D
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/35 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/A J TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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 3420.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_3420.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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