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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK77FVG06

1976-10-22 REDDING, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N22NA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

NORTH AMERICAN T-6G

Year of manufacture

1946 · 30 years old at event

Engine

P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19640727

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1DFD5

Registrant of record

ROTHROCK CARA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N22NA Cessna P206 Serious

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 P206 · N22NA

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

BENTON AIR PARK

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

220° / 8 kt

Temp

74° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000P2060171

Total time

2,175 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

495

Age

49

Investigator remarks

DID NOT SWITCH TANKS WHEN L TANK WENT DRY.

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
88/1/AW 1
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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 3234. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3234.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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