NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK77DXQ02
Registry · N51602
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MAULE M-5-220C
Year of manufacture
1974 · 2 years old at event
Engine
FRANKLIN 6A&6V335 SER (210 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19740516
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A67A2C
Registrant of record
KREBS MARTIN C
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
MAULE M5 · N51602
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
D
Airport
LANDER COUNTY
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
100° / 3 kt
Temp
45° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000005013C
Total time
326 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,015
Age
23
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ED FIELD.
Investigator remarks
PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM RAMP,WENT INTO PLOW
Cause factors
- 64/C/35 C PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
- 64/C/33 C PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
- 88/C/06 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE Cause
- 83/B/F B TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
- 64/L/71 L PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS
- 64/L/31 L PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
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 3237.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_3237.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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