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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK77FA033

1977-05-20 WATSONVILLE, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N6714X Cessna 310F 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 310F · N6714X

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

WATSONVILLE MUNI

Kind of flying

DY

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000310F-0014

Total time

2,195 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

IA (IA)

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FLT,OPERATOR DENIES.

Investigator remarks

EXPIRED STUDENT CERT.PAX STATED HE CHARTERED THE

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
64/C/15 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause
68/C/E5 C
PERSONNEL DEFICIENCY,COMPANY MAINTAINED EQPMT,SERVICES,REGULATION Cause
84/C/8 C
MISCELLANEOUS UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT Cause
88/L/22 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH

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 2662. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2662.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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